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A quote in a cute cursive font with a pink back-splash over-layed atop a community empowerment stock photo with 11 pairs of hands holding a hoola-hoop.
The text reads: "Walmart loses $3B to theft each year, and if we all pitch in to help, we can get that number a lot higher this year"
~@workingoncrying
I can’t tell if you’re joking 😭
Steal from a large business > they lose 0.00001% of their projected profit > large chance for the thief to get caught and punished, usually benefitting the large business tenfold via fines (what a silly goober)
Conclusion: Nothing happens at best, business benefits at worst
Steal from a small business owner > Their mom and pop shop goes bust > they have to get a REAL job like the rest of us (womp womp) therefore becoming proletarian > their economic material interest shifts from conservatism to abolishment of capitalism
Conclusion: Support your local big business, simple as
I hadn’t thought that way about the petty bourgeoisie. Interesting perspective.
However. I still can’t tell if your joking. And honestly that’s fine.
I’ll just chuckle reading your comment.