• mursejoy@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      This is always a disingenuous argument against protesting. There will always be opportunistic criminals that take advantage of these situations. It’s doesn’t take away the fact that protest and a national strike are the only actual power people have against the ruling class.

      I’m not worried about Walmart losing money on looted TVs when cooperations are part of the problem and are run by the ruling class. If it’s a small business, hope your shits insured.

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        The only problem that most often it is the smaller stores that get looted because they can not afford the security measures of the large coorporations.

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      Criminal gangs do tend to take advantage of these situations and use it as cover. Same thing happened during the London riots.