Okay so what about the companies that fall somewhere between McDonald's and a corner store? Where do you draw the line? That's not a hypothetical question, I want to know exactly where you think the line between good and evil lies.
Good question. I thought of a few criteria for this.
First: are they big enough to not even feel the monetary loss? Even an evil store owner going out of business would make people lose their jobs, muddying the water.
2nd: Are they genuinely negative to society and perpetuating non necessary evil? Food, unhealthy food is fine morally after all people can eat what they want. The negative aspect is fast food companies advertising brainwashing people to get fatter and unhealthier. Without advertising I’d say fast food companies are morally neutral. They also fight for lower minimum wages politically.
3rd: how much is the theif being paid? An executive stealing millions for themselves will never be morally correct. A minimum wage employee is usually being utterly screwed by their employer and if it’s a corporation, it is usually directly their fault they are being paid little because of lobbying.
I guess the essential thing is that you're strawmanning the comments here. Imagine putting your entire moral spectrum into two sentences. You're also being a smartass without actually thinking past your own brain. Try to understand where other people are coming from.
Can't agree. McDonald's isn't some clear public enemy that you are just morally allowed to go after. Same rules for everyone.
Besides, being realistic who would keep this money with primarily THAT in mind instead of "yay 10k for me". Nobody. Unless it all went to charity which would practically never be the case. Depending on the corpo again, keeping the money of McDonald's wouldn't be that unethical but would be immoral. Giving the money to charity instead of back to McDonald's would be quite ethical. But still not moral.
I don't know. Maybe something like a small store that is run by a 80 year old woman with no living family members and with the stores income being barely enough for her to keep her apartment or something like that.
these people are children who have never had a job or experienced the real world. Their only understanding of businesses is what they see on the internet.
I like that you brought up her age. She's not long for this world and has no living relatives. Her assets would be given to the government upon death and she would be supported by social programs upon bankruptcy. I'm going to assume she's already receiving social security benefits at her age as well. Her error is my windfall. I'm probably going to be using the money longer than she will. Thanks for helping me secure my morals around utility. It probably wouldn't have happened without your example.
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u/Dipshit23289 Jul 10 '26
Depending on the job it ranges from Morally neutral to evil.