• MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    45
    arrow-down
    21
    ·
    1 year ago

    Problem is that you open one item to be allowed to be stolen, you then set the precedent of anything being allowed to be stolen. That’s what welfare and social programs are for.

      • Norgur@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        20
        ·
        1 year ago

        That’s why crimes do not have a set penalty but a range for the judge to… well judge taking things like that into account.

    • 10_0@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      1 year ago

      I would imagine that other workers in his store wouldn’t be so human and would balance out this precedent

      • atkion@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        The slippery slope argument is not always a fallacy. The strength of a slippery slope argument relies on the ability to show that the initial action will actually lead to the predicted outcome. The fallacy comes in when connections are drawn between unrelated concepts - an easy example of this is the argument that legalizing abortion will lead to the legalization of murder. In this case, I think it’s pretty likely that making a certain item legal to steal will pave the way for more items to be legal to steal in the future. After all, who decides which items should fall under that law? I’m sure there will be plenty of people with very strong, differing opinions on the topic.

      • Knightfox@lemmy.one
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Would you care to provide some additional context? On some levels I agree with you, but I would be interested in hearing the rest of your thoughts on the matter.

    • dan1101@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yeah just because stores sell food doesn’t mean they should feed people for free. There are a lot of costs involved in getting food onto the shelves such as planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, packaging, and distribution, and the costs of running the store. This especially applies to small mom and pop stores.

      Same sort of thing with non-food items, track any particular item and they don’t just appear on the store shelves, it takes a lot of people and effort and materials to get them there.

      • Endorkend@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        1 year ago

        Hence why stores should deliver unsold goods to food/supply banks instead of tossing it.

        The cost was already made, the item gets written of for not being sold, still does some good in the end.

        • MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          There may also be legal issues if the stores products gets someone sick or hurt because the store will probably get caught in the legal crossfire.