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        I mean I see people stealing stuff, but there are a lot of valid reasons for stealing. I’m just wondering how they know the motivation behind the stealing.

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          if they are taking a bottle of water and a sandwich because they are exhausted, that’s fine. If they are taking expensive electronics and brand clothes, they are low-life scum deliberately allowed to behave like this by the oppressive class, to taint the protests. It’s hard to see which is happening on this video, but I am assuming the latter.

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        Yes, but that doesn’t by default make someone evil or selfish. There are stories like Robin Hood, an obvious thief, in which stealing is considered completely fine, admirable even. I’m not saying that’s the case here, I’m just wondering how the original commenter knows the motivation behind people’s stealing here.

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      I don’t know, could it be that they’re running around in their Nike sneakers while breaking and entering, coming back out with beer and kinder surprise? They’re not exactly lamenting “we have no bread”…

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        Even if they were taking only bread, what do the brand of sneakers matter? What are you suggesting? An ethical looter would fashion their own footwear out of burlap and string or something instead of wearing whatever footwear they have handy?

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          If you can afford Nike, you can afford a loaf of bread. I’ve met people in developing countries who are wearing sandals worn paper thin and are pushing most of what they own around on a cart. They get only one meal a day, and still refuse to steal - instead, they do whatever they can to make an honest living, however modest it may be. Those are the ones who deserve sympathy and respect, not the hooligans barging their way into shops to help themselves.