In the USA shoplifting is up because most states no longer prosecute. Which is also the reason a lot of retailers have or are in the process of closing stores in big cities. Had a friend that worked at Riteaid, once a week several women would come in with trash bags and empty the makeup section. Even with them on video nothing came on it.
Well, the police have to do work and find the people. You can’t expect the police to actually do anything. That’s asking way to much. Ask anyone who’s ever needed the police to do their jobs (aside from beating or shooting folks who don’t pass the patented brown paper bag text of course).
Watch the video then. It’s from an anarchist. He says essentially the same things as the article but doesn’t dance around the issue or it’s implications. As long as you’re aware of the biases of corporate media, you can still glean useful information from it.
Excessive shoplifting only raises prices, and once they can’t raise prices anymore, cause food desserts. It’s how you can get entire towns without a single grocery store when the big chains leave and nobody dares open up a grocery store of their own because they know they’re going to get their shit stolen anyway.
In the USA shoplifting is up because most states no longer prosecute. Which is also the reason a lot of retailers have or are in the process of closing stores in big cities. Had a friend that worked at Riteaid, once a week several women would come in with trash bags and empty the makeup section. Even with them on video nothing came on it.
Well, the police have to do work and find the people. You can’t expect the police to actually do anything. That’s asking way to much. Ask anyone who’s ever needed the police to do their jobs (aside from beating or shooting folks who don’t pass the patented brown paper bag text of course).
I’m sorry, but that is just not accurate (they also shoot your dog, when they try to enter the wrong house)
You’re wrong.
You’re wrong in video format.
Shoplifting is up by a very, very inconsequential amount, stores aren’t closing from it
I’m not trusting the paper owned by Bezos on anything. Sorry.
Watch the video then. It’s from an anarchist. He says essentially the same things as the article but doesn’t dance around the issue or it’s implications. As long as you’re aware of the biases of corporate media, you can still glean useful information from it.
He is right when it comes to the UK though: Article today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66819837 Earlier this week, referencing violence towards shop keepers too. Coop having a very rough time with it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66784250
Excessive shoplifting only raises prices, and once they can’t raise prices anymore, cause food desserts. It’s how you can get entire towns without a single grocery store when the big chains leave and nobody dares open up a grocery store of their own because they know they’re going to get their shit stolen anyway.