• tomiant@piefed.social
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      6 months ago

      If laws don’t apply for the rich, get fucked, they don’t apply for me either. Fuck your system.

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      6 months ago

      Your local Kroger isn’t robbing you. Neither are their suppliers in general, but even so you are not punishing them by shoplifting. The store already paid the producer for it regardless of whether the item is sold or stolen, meaning they don’t care either way.

      If you want to steal, that’s your prerogative, but don’t pretend that you’re morally justified to take out your frustrations on someone unrelated.

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          6 months ago

          Whatever a “Kroger” might be

          Kroger is a supermarket chain in much of the US, but some of their stores use different branding. I just meant it to be a recognizable example of somewhere you might get your groceries.

          And I’m not frustrated, it’s not about the money, it’s the principle.

          When I said frustrated, I meant in a general sense about the economy, as in higher grocery prices. But I guess I did misunderstand your motivation for this. So it’s not about how much suppliers/stores are actually charging, just that they raised prices at all? And you view that as stealing?

          Someone in the chain did raise prices for items I can’t boycott, I don’t care who.

          And I guess that’s the problem in my eyes. If you intend to punish someone, it should be focussed on whoever is responsible. I’m sure you would agree it is unreasonable to yell at a cashier when your card gets declined for example. I’m also skeptical that you can’t boycott, but without specifics I’ll have to take your word for it.

          Also I don’t need justification. To whom should I justity? to you? lol.

          I judged you because you shared this with other people on the thread, which I view as inviting feedback. But you are right that my opinion isn’t important. What matters is that you can justify your actions to yourself. Whatever your morals are, I doubt it includes indiscriminate punishment. Maybe ask yourself things like, “What would it be like if everyone acted the way I do?” or “Will this lead to things getting better or worse?”.

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          6 months ago

          Kroger is a grocery chain in the US that is attempting to monopolize grocery stores.

          It is always moral and just to steal from Kroger.