TheBadPlaceThe Atlantic | Since When Is Looting a Form of Virtue Signaling? by Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Thomas Chatterton Williams’ Atlantic piece, “Theft Is Now Progressive Chic,” examines a recent New York Times‑hosted conversation in which New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, and opinion editor Nadja Spiegelman celebrate shop‑lifting, piracy and even sabotage as acceptable forms of protest against “elite” corporations. The author argues that this rhetoric marks a shift in some left‑wing circles from traditional moral rectitude to a glorification of rule‑breaking, treating theft of corporate property and the threat of violence as virtue‑signaling against structural injustice. Williams contends that such justifications erode the social contract, normalize petty crime, and create a slippery slope that trivializes more serious offenses, ultimately undermining ethical discourse and public trust in the law.
#JiaTolentino #HasanPiker #NadjaSpiegelman
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