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Theft Is Now Progressive Chic | In some left-wing corners of the commentariat, moral rectitude is out. Flagrant disregard of the social contract is in. (www.theatlantic.com)
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Liberals figured out how to gentrify shoplifting. This is truly the worst timeline.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260424170523/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/hasan-piker-jia-tolentino-microlooting/686919/

And the NYT podcast they're pearl-clutching about is https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/shoplifting-political-protest-microlooting-whole-foods.html

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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Theft? You mean like wage theft?

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    • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Lmao what "social contract"?

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    [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    just like abbie hoffman says, it is morally correct to steal from pig empires. in fact, its incorrect to not steal from them. its the least we can do

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