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Between 30 to 50 people swarmed the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, making off with thousands of dollars worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, an LAPD spokesman told NBC News.

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[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Stealing from wealthy corporations is an extremely valid and morally acceptable form of protest. Hell, it's a morally good thing to do even if it's not meant as a protest.

I'm not going to defend assaulting the guards, though, except in the case of self-defense. Store security guards have no business using force against shoplifters, and most company policies align with that fact.

[–] norbert@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah have you ever been in a Nordstrom? Fuck that place, snatch all the handbags you can and sell them on eBay I don't really care.

You shouldn't bear spray security and maybe they should be charged for it but at least he wasn't shot or something.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

i feel bad for the employees who had to deal with it and clean up after and the guards that got assaulted. i dont feel bad for the above store level managers and execs who have to deal with this shit.

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So all those people who work for a living and contribute to society, who save up that money to buy those handbags are just schmucks? Give me a break.

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  1. People that work for a living do not shop at Nordstrom's

  2. The items were stolen from Nordstrom's, not individuals

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

What a tacitly disingenuous statement. What the fuck are you sniffing "people who work don't shop there."

Your edgy 14 your old comment is ridiculous. What a jibe on the rich you just did!

The items were stolen period. Fact. A crime. Never mind your rage against capitalism. Commit a crime and get put in jail.

Commit a bodily crime over property, get put in the ground.

[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You know someone is a shit person when they equate income with value as a human being.

Even if that were a valid take, almost every working poor person contributes more to society than nearly any rich person does, and would therefore still have more human worth.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was also needless destruction. I can see breaking a glass case to grab some watches, but it appears that there was also destruction for the sake of destruction (at least in the video I watched).

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no, things. Whatever will they do with the insurance payout.

[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who actually gives a fuck about corporate property being destroyed? These companies commit more theft from their workers than all other theft combined. They objectively deserve this.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

I don't care about the corp. I care about the workers who have to clean it up.