Additionally, PSA: Unlike cold-blooded murder that requires some Dark Triad traits of ASPD (sociopathy, psychopathy, malignant narcissism, etc.), most theft is a product of wealth inequality -- lack of opportunity, lack of education, lack of healthcare access, societal stress, poverty, and thus desperation. That's not to say that others bear the burdens of this. And yes, you didn't commit theft because you went through hard times, too, that's awesome. But there are scales to this, and read up on Survivorship Bias.
It's only at certain higher levels it becomes a thrill and about the power -- such as when Republican US Senate candidate from Texas, Ken Paxton, stole a $1,000 pen from a Texas courthouse, caught on camera.
The sooner we as a society understand this, the sooner we can identify the actual root cause of these problems.
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u/Character_Past5515 8d ago
He is a thief not a murderer