i’ve seen a LOT of anti-lïfting posts lately, and i think it has to do with the looting. (also to clarify, this post is NOT about looting, it is about LÏFTING. if you want to know what i think about looting, send me an ask and i’ll make a post.)
everyone has different reasons for lïfting. the lïfting community is diverse, close-knit, supportive, and does it out of necessity and/or as a form of protest. i do not align my blog with people who do it to be quirky or cute or edgy. also, y’all act like the lïfting community is robbing mom and pop stores. we aren’t. the majority of us lïft from big box stores that have been built on the labor of oppressed people.
i started lïfting because in 8th grade, my parents started charging me for living with them. i have not been able to afford buying clothes for years. and my inability to buy clothes isn’t related to my own motivation or willingness to work or earn my own money- it is a direct result of a harmful, discriminatory capitalist system that exploits poc and benefits from the oppression of poc. i know y’all are going to say that i don’t need clothes. but it’s bigger than clothes- i speak for the entire community- and they say that they need it because they’re starving, they’re unhappy, they’re struggling. even if we ignore food, which you cannot deny is a necessity, poor people deserve clothes, makeup, and other nice things that will make them happy.
why are you mad at US for employees being laid off rather than the brands owned by billionaires that decide to lay off their employees because a few thousand dollars worth of merchandise goes missing. redirect your anger towards the capitalist pigs rather than those who have to turn to crime in order to access the same things that rich people access. why are you mad at us for trying to outsmart a system that LITERALLY won’t provide us with necessities or things that make our lives worth living.
