• sep@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Excluding mental disorders. I do not think anybody likes to steal, atleast not initially. They may have normalized it, even to the point where it may become second nature, or a habit. If there is a lot of such peope, society have failed them a long time ago.

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      1 year ago

      I do not think anybody likes to steal

      The rich. It’s their entire lifestyle.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly, you can’t become rich without taking what’s not yours. I don’t care poor people stealing food and condoms, I care about rich people stealing people’s retirement funds and shit like that.

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        That is a mental illness or disease no less than narcism or alcoholism. Rich people aren’t special, and they are sick. They also happen to exploit others in a way that feeds back into that sickness. It appears important bc they have so much but its just coincidence, disease and the complexity of socitey that makes it hard to change so that there illness can be treated.

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      Nah. Some people do it for the kick and because the cashier doesn’t care. It’s not their job to prevent you from stealing.

      But why should anyone steal bread except when they literally can’t pay. The ones I know that steal for the kick are stealing chips and smaller sweets. Not normal groceries.