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ooli  ·  3986 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "If a rich person has something you need, you should take it."

(mk say almost the same thing below)

I dont know how to address the problem (not being fluent in english, dont help either)

Of course the "hurting" part is subjective (that's the mk's old watch dilemma- on a side note, nobody could decently back you up for a fucking old watch-). And nobody alone should be able to decide what really will be considered hurting.

I guess my point was just that Stealing is not inherently immoral like killing, hurting, exploiting weakness is. Stealing just might sometime involve immoral stuff (hurting, exploiting, etc)

it is not that

    disparity in material wealth is immoral, and thus stealing from those that have more sets things right

Disparity in wealth is just luck based. Nothing moral or immoral in it.

How you acquired your wealth might be. If you did steal to get rich is not inherently bad. But If you hurt people, or exploited their lack of wealth to make them work for less than minimum wage, you're probably an asshole.