• Kaboom@reddthat.com
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    3 months ago

    They literally lose less money running out a lease with an closed store than they would paying to keep them open and selling stuff.

    Man that’s some bonkers shit.

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      3 months ago

      Because people living there want to be paid a living wage and not slave labor.

      Theft is just a red herring.

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        3 months ago

        Didn’t mention theft. Just that economics of it all in general is out of whack