There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’ | Novara Media
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Shoplifting rates are down from 2017, writes Ell Folan, while the media is acting as if all hell has broken loose.
    • smegEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      We’re in Britain, so no. We do have laws which are supposed to protect and provide for people who can’t provide for themselves, but if those laws aren’t working then can you blame the desperate for breaking other laws?

      • Meowoem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I mean we do have a benefits system and food banks here, people starving isn’t really a thing that happens though there is certainly poverty and privation