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Originally Posted by jayswin
You're response doesn't really make sense to his post? He wasn't claiming theft doesn't make things worse at all. He was suggesting that capitalism and company greed are driving us off a cliff right now and they will continue to do so, and as long as they do so theft will likely be the least of our societies problems as we are destroyed by the rich.
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Is it greed increasing the cost of retail items? Are brick and mortar retailers more profitable today than they were 5 or 10 years ago?
It’s not as though this is the first time stuff has gotten more expensive. Look at the eye-watering inflation rates of the 70s and 80s. Which was combined with far higher unemployment than we have today. What kind of losses from shoplifting were retailers hit by back then? Were thieves brazenly walking out with goods the way they are today?