I knew a bunch of people, who would claim shoplifting from Walmart was fine, because they are a big corporation and well, they don't need the money. There's some truth in the argument. Walmart won't miss the odd piece of missing merchandise, but they didn't seem to grasp the idea that if they and their friends stole from Walmart, they'd just pass on the cost to the customer at higher prices. So they were hurting the little guy in a roundabout way.

Now they're simply experiencing the long term consequences of that problem. if you allow rampant theft to take place then the community will no longer be suitable for business and they'll leave. And they are protesting because now without a Walmart nearby they are going to have to pay more for shittier shit.

That's why I think it's best to leave fucked up neighborhoods. If you're living in some poor neighborhood with a bunch of dumbasses that don't see how stealing shit hurts the general economy and neighborhood as a whole. Time to move out somewhere that isn't gonna get sunk by the idiots.