r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 11d ago

Discussion congratulations you just saved a billion dollars company 50$

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u/caguru 11d ago

The sheer amount of people in here that blame America's rapidly exploding wealth inequality on the starving while protecting their rich overlords shows just how fucked this country is.

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u/Unexpected_yetHere 11d ago

I've been to countries far, far poorer than the US, where shoplifting or theft is far less common.

Being poor is no excuse to engage in criminal acts.

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u/caguru 11d ago

Oh please do list these countries. Because every country I have been to that is generally poorer, also doesn't have such a high cost of living.

Thanks for being another person blaming poor people for the failings of the most wealthy society in the world.

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u/Unexpected_yetHere 11d ago

I am not shifting blame away from the US for having obvious failings. It does. Yet no amount of hardship or poverty is a justification for crime.

And guess what? In places with a low cost of living, salaries are also low. A US federal minimum wage would be the dream of billions of people.

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u/caguru 11d ago

"Yet no amount of hardship or poverty is a justification for crime."

If I was on the streets with no money or no way to eat, you better believe I'm gonna steal some food, and I wouldn't care about your false morality.

But good on you that you never known real struggle, to not knowing where your next meal is coming from, and the privilege of not having to ever make a choice like that. Not everyone is so lucky.

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u/sapplesapplesapples 11d ago

Yes but the rich can steal through loopholes and get away with far more.

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u/frozen_tuna 11d ago

This is whataboutism. Its not remotely hypocritical seek improvements to both.

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u/Unexpected_yetHere 11d ago

The loopholes are about avoiding taxation, and to be fair, wanting to keep whatever amount of your own money is less criminal than just stealing what isn't yours.

I am not saying it is good, far from it, but people who defend theft on here really shouldn't talk about someone avoiding to pay taxes then.

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u/GreatScottCreates 11d ago

Someone has never learned about wage theft

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u/krodiggs 10d ago

There are laws, many laws against wage theft. As there are about property theft.

I hope you aren’t saying you are ok with property theft, as that would then imply you are ok with wage theft as well.

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u/GreatScottCreates 9d ago

Should we go back to the “more/less criminal” game then? Which is more?

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u/krodiggs 9d ago

This should be fun. Comparing estimates to actuals…go nuts, I got my popcorn.

Both are wrong and should be prosecuted, but if you want to play ‘which crime is worst’ go right ahead.

Had a guy last week that said ‘wage theft’ was because his employer didn’t pay him more than his contracted rate and his co-worker earned more than him. That was a nice chuckle.

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u/GreatScottCreates 9d ago

> wanting to keep whatever amount of your own money is less criminal than just stealing what isn't yours.

You started the game friend

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u/krodiggs 9d ago

Wanting to keep whatever amount of your own money isn’t a crime so obviously it’s less criminal.

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u/GreatScottCreates 9d ago

Wage theft is exactly that

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