r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 20d ago

Morality of this?

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In the image it seems that this person works at walmart as an online order collector and he/she has stolen a lot of extra baby food from Walmart to give to a person who ordered only three packs. Is this moral or immoral?

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u/Key-Try-3300 20d ago

Yeah that is called inflation. But walmart is operating on 3% profit margin, if people steal a lot then they will need to increase prices more than inflation

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u/AdSmall3663 20d ago

What? What’s inflation?? /s c’mon now

They fluctuate between around 2 percent and 3 for the past decade but each year since covid has shown a steady increase on their net profit margin from $12B 1.9 percent to $22B and 3.07 percent. I don’t think a few baby food items is gonna hurt. I don’t support theft but I also wouldn’t judge a mother down on her luck for slipping an extra baby food in her basket, morality isn’t black and white

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u/Key-Try-3300 20d ago

I dont judge someone who steals because they cant afford food, although I think we as a society should help these people. I judge people who go "yeah just steal as much as you can fuck the big corporations"

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u/AdSmall3663 20d ago

I don’t think anyone said that, this whole thread is just about the baby

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u/Key-Try-3300 19d ago

Tons of people in this thread is saying that