Retail and supply chain theft will always be a cat and mouse game.
This is not an issue for which society/government should pay the cost to fix it (which you seem to imply by saying the markets have no options).
This is not an issue for which society/government should pay the cost to fix it (which you seem to imply by saying the markets have no options).
I don't see why shoplifters are thrown in jail and wage thieves are not. Why do cops gun down shoplifters but won't lift a finger for wage thieves? Why don't cops bust down the doors of polluters? It's the selective enforcement of property rights I have a problem with. The enforcers already side with capital 9 times out of 10.
The original articles and discussion here on HN is surprisingly one-sided.
Obviously I don’t like railroad theft but let’s not send in the army to protect a supply chain which has perhaps been made too efficient.
Why must the government step in when these skeleton-crewed retail stores and supply chains have inevitable, predictable loss issues? The article itself makes this point.