some of this might be fake, done to go viral, the people doing the performance art are in on it with the ones holding the camera and filming it. I suspect 90% of things going viral are fake, done for attention and clout. I think the shoplifting problem is real but most of the time they just walk in and walk out with things like you say, not flailing around so much like this. If there is a video of one guy walking into a store grabbing something, and just walking out, will that go viral? No probably not, too boring. ,I compare this to karen videos, they are funny and all the rage online. I think the karens act super crazy on purpose as that is what goes viral. It's like reality shows, those are obviously all fake, but presenting something as real is part of what makes people enjoy it.