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

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[โ€“] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course we can understand why. Kmart Australia Limited is trying to protect their own economic interests in order to optimise profit. Similarly, many visitors are protecting their own economic interests by spending less money, including illegal methods.

Naturally, I care about the economic interests of regular Australians over the economic interests of the major shareholders of the Wesfarmers conglomerate.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Hrmmm see I can sort of understand if you are saying extremely poor people who are starving and need food, if they steal from coles and woolworths, sure I can give that a moral pass

But now you're suggesting they walk out of kmart with items?

Similarly, many visitors are protecting their own economic interests by spending less money, including illegal methods.

They are always free to not shop at kmart and simply not have the item