WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down111
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareAnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIt doesn’t take guts to steal. Just an inability to think, a streak of laziness, and a large sense of entitlement.
minus-squareWtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt does take guts to steal because you are doing it under the threat of imprisonment. Most people would be discouraged by that alone.
minus-squareAnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat isn’t “guts.” Overcoming being afraid of consequence is merely self interest mixed with lack of abstract thinking.
It doesn’t take guts to steal. Just an inability to think, a streak of laziness, and a large sense of entitlement.
It does take guts to steal because you are doing it under the threat of imprisonment. Most people would be discouraged by that alone.
That isn’t “guts.” Overcoming being afraid of consequence is merely self interest mixed with lack of abstract thinking.