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Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Big companie/rich people - absolutely
Small businesses/regular folks - nah
Lol you actually steal? Like shoplifting? Do you get nervous when doing so? Curious how people aren't scared as hell when doing that stuff. Every time I see someone shoplift I'm like: damn, this person got the guts to steal!, but I don't work for the store so idgaf what others do. Shoplifter you say? I didn't see anything.
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Piracy isn't stealing btw.
Ahh, robin hood style of embezzelment. ๐
It doesn't take guts to steal. Just an inability to think, a streak of laziness, and a large sense of entitlement.
It does take guts to steal because you are doing it under the threat of imprisonment. Most people would be discouraged by that alone.
That isn't "guts." Overcoming being afraid of consequence is merely self interest mixed with lack of abstract thinking.
Robin Hood?
Oh interesting!
I immediately read that as:
Big companies - "hell yeah we will steal from people"
Normal people/sm business owners - "no thank you, we don't want to steal, or be stolen from"
That matches current statistics already since something like 75% of theft is wage theft in America.
Nah, I would keep the treasures for myself ๐