In defense of looting

ScienceChic wrote: I just got done reading that article and I have to say it was the biggest load of bullsh** I've read in a looonnnngg time. That author is so far out of touch with reality it's laughable, and shame on that interviewer for not pushing back with tougher questions.

[Looting] also attacks the very way in which food and things are distributed. It attacks the idea of property, and it attacks the idea that in order for someone to have a roof over their head or have a meal ticket, they have to work for a boss, in order to buy things that people just like them somewhere else in the world had to make under the same conditions. It points to the way in which that's unjust.

No, it exemplifies materialism because they're often stealing things they don't need to simply survive, but luxuries like TVs and electronics. Not only that, earning what you wish to purchase from someone else who worked to create something you want is as old a system as human civilization. Capitalism isn't perfect, no system is, but working to earn your keep and paying others for the fruits of their labor is what's fair.

Importantly, I think especially when it's in the context of a Black uprising like the one we're living through now, it also attacks the history of whiteness and white supremacy. The very basis of property in the U.S. is derived through whiteness and through Black oppression, through the history of slavery and settler domination of the country. Looting strikes at the heart of property, of whiteness and of the police.

LOL, because non-Caucasians don't own any property or items to steal? If this were truly the case, then rioters and looters wouldn't also be burning down black communities, which they are, and harming the livelihood of those whom they purport to support with their rioting and looting. Idiot.

NPR: During recent riots, a sentiment I heard a lot was that looters in cities like Minneapolis were hurting their own cause by destroying small businesses in their own neighborhoods, stores owned by immigrants and people of color. What would you say to people who make that argument?

But looters and rioters don't attack private homes.

Of course they don't, they'd get shot by the homeowners. Duh.

A fascinating question everyone should be asking themselves is why are riots not happening in other cities? And no, the argument that it's only in Democratic-led cities doesn't wash, because no California cities are having any of these problems.

NPR: What would you say to people who are concerned about essential places like grocery stores or pharmacies being attacked in those communities?

When it comes to small business, family owned business or locally owned business, they are no more likely to provide worker protections. They are no more likely to have to provide good stuff for the community than big businesses. It's actually a Republican myth that has, over the last 20 years, really crawled into even leftist discourse: that the small business owner must be respected, that the small business owner creates jobs and is part of the community. But that's actually a right-wing myth.

GTFO. This woman has no clue. As a small business owner, I see this happening every day. Our small businesses and nonprofits in unincorporated Jeffco, Clear Creek County, and Park County are who give the most back. They support families in need, they sponsor community events, they hold fundraisers for those who are struggling, have been diagnosed with cancer, or killed in the line of duty. They donate items or services for fundraisers all the time. Since we have few "big businesses' in the area, they do indeed provide the most jobs, and they provide the worker protections that are required by law (or word gets around that they aren't and people stop patronizing them, or turn them in to the authorities).

Seriously, don't waste your time reading this tripe. It's from the fantasy land of a far-left ideologue who's obviously never visited any small towns in America and is trying to make an argument devoid of facts for a reality she wants to exist, not one that does.

FredHayek wrote: Small business owners are some of the hardest working people I own.