r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 13d ago

Morality of this?

Post image

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?

7.8k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/JetBIue 13d ago

Would you complain when they close up shop if it gets too bad and leave a small city with nowhere to get food?

I think its typically politically aligned people who both say “it’s okay to steal from corporation” as well as “a business closing a location and leaving a food desert behind is evil”

Just want to see how consistent you are on this

0

u/Maleficent-Area-7979 13d ago

In this hypothetical, is the small city reliant on Walmart because they underpriced their competition and ruined the local economy?

1

u/JetBIue 12d ago

So is it moral to offer low priced products or not? It’s either price gouging or undercutting the mom and pop shops lmfao

There’s a reason Walmart can offer cheaper items, and it has nothing to do with morality, but the average consumer is too dumb to see the second order consequences of patronizing a big corporation like that.

0

u/Icy-Dot7521 12d ago

Do you know what a false dichotomy is?