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Shoplifting@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months ago

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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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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Shoplifting@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months ago

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Theft Is Now Progressive Chic

www.theatlantic.com

In some left-wing corners of the commentariat, moral rectitude is out. Flagrant disregard of the social contract is in.

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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Entertainmeonly (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Theft? You mean like wage theft?
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  You should definitely read (or listen to) the NYT podcast I linked.
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Lmao what “social contract”?

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