• jeniferariza@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Because it’s easier to question the desperate than the powerful… flips the whole perspective when you think about it.

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      Typically, when you are “stealing bread”, the implication is that you’re taking it from someone equally needy. Capitalist propaganda loves to frame the theft of bread as an attack on low-wage grocery store workers, middle-income truckers and assistant managers, and impoverished agricultural workers.

      You never see “stealing bread” framed against the backdrop of a garbage dumpster with a lock on it, to prevent people from taking food that’s been thrown in the trash.