> This isn't a matter of meeting peoples needs

Curious how you reach this conclusion from the point that they do it for money?

> They want money

> It's just a job to them.

That's pretty much exactly how most people meet their needs: do a job for money. That they are stealing things other than what is directly needed is a distraction from the point that they are stealing to meet their needs.

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lazide 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Steal bread to eat it? Meeting needs (directly)

Steal baby formula to sell on the black market? May or may not be meeting needs, but it definitely isn’t direct!

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF an hour ago | parent [-]

> May or may not be

Yes, this is my point. It can't be concluded that they are not stealing to meet their needs.

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lazide an hour ago | parent [-]

It certainly can be concluded it isn’t for a direct need, which is not ‘stealing bread to feed starving kids’.

	▲	lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> it isn’t for a direct need Well, right, but that's not what I was refuting.