• Changeling [it/its]
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    1 year ago

    In what way are workers getting screwed over by shoplifting, according to the original?

    • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      The thought is that if a lot of people steal from a store, the store will shut down because of loss of revenue. The reality is that the stores are insured for shoplifting.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        I would be surprised to learn that literally any store in history was forced to shut down because the losses from shoplifting were too expensive. I don’t think that’s ever happened. Not once.

        Compared to the amount of revenue any store brings in, shoplifting is such a tiny tiny tiny amount it shouldn’t even register on your books.

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      usual lib brainworms about business practices making sense and being fair and operating on rigid rules that aren't arbitrarily thrown out when they're inconvenient for the owning class