shoplifting discourse has been making the rounds, does anyone have any good readings/studies/etc on shoplifting?
@exiliaex I thought it was established: okay if big company, bad if mom and pop
@FinalOverdrive @exiliaex what's the difference? i'm not a leftist but i don't really understand why moral distinctions should be drawn regarding how you behave regarding big and small businesses.
@pie @FinalOverdrive studies tend to show that when people feel like they're stealing from a person it feels different than when you're stealing from a faceless corporation. but, politically i agree that in class war, businesses are businesses and they are predicated on exploitation and the violent upholding of their power, and as such, the non-propertied can't really treat them differently.
@exiliaex the temptation to just reply with "don't care" to everyone in that discourse who says care about the small capital owners or "community"
@exiliaex how is there a shoplifting discourse? why are we surrounded by federal agents?
@exiliaex ive got a copy of "Thoughts Towards An Offensive Shoplifters Movement"
READ: https://files.catbox.moe/dkmufb.pdf
PRINT:https://files.catbox.moe/9py091.pdf
@cursecatsupdairy unfortunately i can't seem to get those links to load for me
@cursecatsupdairy hey! they started working this morning, awesome. thank you!
@exiliaex someone sent me this incidentally yesterday: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-12-15/organized-retail-theft-crime-rate
it's 2021, but probably still holds. tl;dr a lot of shoplifting discourse is manufactured asf, and corporations basically just make up theft numbers to justify more policing.
here are the studies that were shared with me through my research hub on the topic of shoplifting. i'm still looking for more though!
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2576686
https://www.jstor.org/stable/799781
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3053286