Comment on There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’

• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We’re in Britain, so no. We do have laws which are supposed to protect and provide for people who can’t provide for themselves, but if those laws aren’t working then can you blame the desperate for breaking other laws?

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  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean we do have a benefits system and food banks here, people starving isn’t really a thing that happens though there is certainly poverty and privation

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