• Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      You do realize theft is a choice?

      You can choose to not spend years of your life in jail by not taking things that don’t belong to you

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        1 year ago

        For a lot of thieves, it’s a choice of eating or not eating. It’s a very privileged position to be able to say “theft is a choice” and mean it.

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          1 year ago

          I saw that video of the group of degenerates stealing hundreds of pairs of socks from a discount store, something tells me they weren’t planning on eating those socks

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            1 year ago

            Maybe they were too poor to buy both clothes and food. Shit’s tight for a lot of people now. Me and my SO both have pretty nice middle class jobs and still have to be really careful with our money. If I was still a pizza cook I wouldn’t be able to afford clothes for both me and my kids, for sure.

            Unless you know what circumstances are driving someone to crime, you aren’t in a position to judge them.