I don’t even disagree with this, but people like this never write such impassioned screeds arguing against wage theft, which takes more money out of the real economy.

Best estimate for wage theft (conservative assumptions:) $15 billion per year

Shoplifting (does not include organized crime retail theft): $13 billion per year

I’d argue that wage theft is more destructive than shoplifting, because not only does it most often impact the least able to afford it and battle against it, it normalizes patterns of exploitation that then persist throughout the economy.

When these people start standing against wage theft, I’ll be more likely to care what they think.