PSA: remember, if you see someone stealing essentials like groceries or whatever: no, you didn’t.

There are food banks, don’t steal.

Sometimes they run out. Or are 2 hours away. Or are in a bad part of town. There are tons of reasons why someone would be desperate enough to steal food.

Nobody’s encouraging it. All we’re saying is this: as a direct result of the deficiencies inherent to our society and the socioeconomic structure it perpetrates, some people need food but can’t get it through legal means. Categorically refusing to make an exception for exceptional cases is implicitly saying that those people deserve to die.

Corporations that price gouge basic essentials deserve it. People need food and clean water. Price gouging essentials should be illegal. This inflation isn’t natural anymore at this point; it’s just pure greed on a person’s right to live.

Grocery stores are pretty much the definition of a perfectly competitive industry. The profit margins are always between 1 and 3%. The only reason they raise prices is because they have to.

So why are the major chains making billions more the last few years?