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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've always had a rule that all my decisions should be the ones that make my mother the most proud. Sometimes it's a choice between two things she'd probably dislike (like getting a tattoo or a piercing), but I always do the thing that has the better chance of making her proud.

Recently I've started stealing from large evil corps. Not even gonna sugar coat it. I go to self checkout and just don't scan things here or there. Whoops I left that thing in my cart. Whoops I left half of the bag of lemons off the scale and they rang up for 10c. Whoops, that eyeliner pencil fell into the unnecessary plastic wrap of that other thing and I didn't scan it.

I recently mentioned this to my mum and she laughed. She was proud. Because fuck Kroger, fuck these companies gouging us, stealing our land and food and ability to sustain ourselves without giving them a cut. Fuck people who hoard money so hard that people fucking die because of it. Boycotting shitty companies is what makes mums proud.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you see somebody stealing at a grocery store... no you didn't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I am very much against theft but if you are forced to check yourself out, I consider it wages.

I have no issues with mistakes happening in self check.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Literally starving people for money. If there is a hell, they will go there 100% what shitty humans..... Must be psychotic narcissist. How else would you sleep at night?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

but don't worry!, there will not be any negative consequences for him or his company!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

And now his workers are on strike

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They promise they won't do it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The audacity we have to put this TiTAn oF iNdUStrY in a position he had to issue a promise

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For all of these companies trying to merge the default answer should be no. Merging companies isn't good for capitalism at all in any way so if any company wants to merge they should have to get special permissions. This shit is out of control.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Agreed. I have no issues with capitalism but I have a huge issue with monopolies. Just buying out the competition isn’t competing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

One of the possibilities would be a cooperative chain. They don't go for profit so can seriously undercut these price gougers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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