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[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago (5 children)

look I'm all for sticking it to the Man and stealing if you're actually starving but a lot of you people are just Petty thieves

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The grocery stores are as well when there's record inflation and people struggling and they are all posting record profits.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They fucking brag about it on their earnings calls.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I was hoping there was some way to verify that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Different industry but same behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syugb2Q9erY

They are all pretty thoroughly shameless.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"On Tuesday, Conagra Brands—one of the largest consumer packaged goods companies in the U.S.—announced that it had posted a nearly 60% year-over-year profit increase between December 2022 and February 2023."

https://time.com/6269366/food-company-profits-make-groceries-expensive/

I just googled grocery profits

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ok, how do journalists find that out?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You know, if you really bothered to read the article they actually linked the reports from the company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If you bothered to read the article, you would know that it doesn't claim that companies are posting record profits.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

what about sticking it to the man because fuck him

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Correct. Still not sorry.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I always keep in mind the old adage, if you saw someone stealing food, no you didn't.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree if I was starving I would steal too but a lot of the comments in this thread are talking about stealing things that are just expensive because they're expensive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the heads up. That day, I did not have time or motivation to read the entire thread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most businesses are too, so why should we be the bigger man?

If they can't handle Capitalism, which includes theft, they should try to change it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

most businesses are not thieves that is such a silly way to look at the world. now if you're talking about large corporations in large enterprises I would be a little bit more understanding of your statement. when you're talking small and medium and even large size businesses it's hardly the case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wage theft is significantly more common than petty theft and occurs because the victims often don't have the ability to fight back.

I see where you're coming from but you can't deny that these corporations don't prey on the very people they employ.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I just said that