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[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Corporations: steal tens-of-billions from employees who're just barely scraping by

Me/you: shoplifts can of soda/bag of chips which should be priced at $2-3 according to inflation, rather than it's listed price of $4-7

Atlantic Magazine: [hand on hip wagging finger in face] "How dare you? There are rules that govern society, young man/lady, this is simply unacceptable."

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Wage theft and tax evasion are just the nominal theft, the real theft is surplus value extraction.

[–] groet@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is missing an area even biger than wage theft. Tax evasion. When cooperations and rich people steal from the gouvernment.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

and indirectly, from you, who relies on public infrastructure funded by taxes