• vd1n@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Not from people that earned what they have. Corporations mmmm idk.

  • bigmonkey [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I would never spend a single dollar at Walmart again if stealing was consequenceless

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    1 year ago
    • The prevailing morality is to follow an arbitrary set of rules, mostly made by and for a class of people who have dominated the political sphere for most of human history. E.g. "If this will violate Ownership™ of a thing as defined by law, you shouldn't do it."

    • Another kind of morality is to consider the effects of an action. E.g. "If this makes someone's life noticeably harder or more miserable, you shouldn't do it."

    • Another kind is to look at the social relations. E.g. "If this enriches yourself at the cost of someone who is already worse off than you, you shouldn't do it."

    What source of moral code do you subscribe to?

  • quinnly@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    No, I wouldn't want anyone to steal from me so why would I want to steal from anyone else?

  • Lemminary@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    No. When I do something I'm not wondering if it's against the law, I'm wondering how this affects someone else.

  • the_frumious_bandersnatch@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I would collect taxes if I held the power of physical violence over a community. All taxation is theft, amiright?

    But seriously, stealing is a crime because prevailing thought within the community is that taking something that someone else has a claim on is wrong. If the prevailing thought was that it was not wrong, it wouldn't be against the law, but we also would call it something else... Like taxation.

      • the_frumious_bandersnatch@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        I agree. Guess I should have put a /s on the slogan. But it's still taking a portion of something that is technically owned by one person or group for the betterment of the community.

        Some people see that as theft and so would call it stealing even though there isn't a law against it. My point is that this question is asked from a particular vantage point and what constitutes theft and the law may be different from one person to another.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Well tbf if someone stole my wallet at gunpoint but used a small portion of the money stolen to buy me lunch I'd still be pretty mad about him spending the rest of my money paying off his Haliburton credit card.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If you count software piracy, then yes. In fact, I'll admit to having done it within the past year (without giving specific dates for obvious reasons).