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Theft as Social Justice

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Posted By: FlyRight, 4/25/2026 2:47:33 PM

If a violent social revolution were truly to break out, and Piker and Tolentino became its victims, one assumes they’d find crime less fun. Is robbing the Louvre a good idea? Left-wing influencer Hasan Piker and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino did a much-discussed video interview with the New York Times on the ethics of theft and came out four-square in favor of stealing things, including artwork from the Louvre. They consider larceny an appropriate response to the inherent corruption and injustice of the American capitalist system. The merits of this position aside,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: czechlist 4/25/2026 2:55:49 PM (No. 2097019)
Crimes are commited for some form of selfish aggrandizement. How many criminals spread their ill gotten wealth? Theft is just another capitalistic venture.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 4/25/2026 3:11:32 PM (No. 2097023)
The irony is if someone ripped them off, they would scream like spoiled brats.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: philsner 4/25/2026 3:41:03 PM (No. 2097039)
Pay wall. From the worst TDS sufferers.
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