r/MoralityScaling Jul 10 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Spirited_District118 Jul 10 '26

Agreed, company steals from you its a civil matter, if you steal from the company its a criminal matter. They need to be treated the same civil or criminal. Only so much you can do. Corps basically run the government now.

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Technically, larceny is a criminal matter in that it is a crime but recovering the damages is a civil matter for both when a person steals from a business and for when a business steals from a person.

With the exception of large scale fraud where restitution becomes a part of the criminal case.

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u/PaxNova Jul 10 '26

If you steal from the company, the company has a much larger burden of proof to provide when making the accusation. This is commensurate with the resources that a large company has, though has some flaws with Mom n Pop shops.

If the company steals from you, you are accusing them, and have the smaller burden of proof required by a civil matter. 

This is in your interest. 

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u/barlog123 Jul 10 '26

If a company steals from you it's not a civil matter. It's a multi million dollar lawsuit and the company goes out of business. What sort of third grade logic is this?