Sydney

1175 readers

9 users here now

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

lodion@aussie.zone

thisisdee@lemmy.world

aquarisces@lemmy.world

NeedAnotherOne@aussie.zone

sydbot@aussie.zone

"Our survey found that more than half [54 per cent] of 18-to-34-year-olds said that retail theft was justifiable to some degree," (www.sbs.com.au)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/sydney@aussie.zone

31 comments fedilink hide all child comments

What is going on with young people, do they think everyone who owns a shop is a millionaire??

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I have been trying to do all my Christmas shopping at small businesses, and I've found it's nearly impossible. Mom and pop shops simply don't exist anymore. Even when I was trying to buy direct online from small businesses, they send me to their Amazon shop.

Big box stores and corporate chains have cannibalized the international economy. The value they have stolen in the form of monopolies, exploited global laborers, anti-competitive practices, and wage theft more than justifies whatever you can fit in your pockets. Capitalists are stealing from you, so turnabout is fair play.

[–] Terrapinjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Small businesses have a bigger tax burden than corporations now making it almost impossible to compete. Add in the fact that investment firms are buying all the commercial real estate and the only small businesses left are the ones who bought their building 30 years ago.