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Illegalism

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A quote in a cute cursive font with a pink back-splash over-layed atop a community empowerment stock photo with 11 pairs of hands holding a hoola-hoop.
The text reads: "Walmart loses $3B to theft each year, and if we all pitch in to help, we can get that number a lot higher this year"
~@workingoncrying

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A balled up sponge tied with twine will flush easy and fuck up their plumbing after you’re long gone

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Awesome idea! Inspired me to make this post, if you wanna share there too ☺

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52388623

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

That's less than they underpay their workers. The real theft.

[–] commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

It's more historically progressive to steal from small businesses to proletarianize them, sorry but this is true

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Hunter: Great day, I killed 27 sparrows!
Other: Sparrows? But whatever for?
Hunter: A kill is a kill.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

You mean "small business meat is more tender"?

[–] FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can’t tell if you’re joking 😭

[–] commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Steal from a large business > they lose 0.00001% of their projected profit > large chance for the thief to get caught and punished, usually benefitting the large business tenfold via fines (what a silly goober)

Conclusion: Nothing happens at best, business benefits at worst

Steal from a small business owner > Their mom and pop shop goes bust > they have to get a REAL job like the rest of us (womp womp) therefore becoming proletarian > their economic material interest shifts from conservatism to abolishment of capitalism

Conclusion: Support your local big business, simple as

[–] FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I hadn’t thought that way about the petty bourgeoisie. Interesting perspective.

However. I still can’t tell if your joking. And honestly that’s fine.

I’ll just chuckle reading your comment.