>>49986378a shitty past housemate of mine, who grew up pretty privileged, once stole a locked mountain bike. He said the thing as you in principle: If it wasn't locked I wouldn't have stolen it.
my (also privileged) brother stole some hand tools from a construction site, which belonged to his friend's parents. He just followed along as his friend unlocked the house in the middle of the night, and they took tools belonging to hired workers. He didn't need the tools, but it didn't stop him. He tried to explain to me and his conscious at the same time that it was okay to take the tools. It's unsettling to watch people try to justify their shitty actions by shifting responsibility.
I started locking my indoor toolbox. We'd probably all say it's bad to take tools from a disabled person who relies heavily on them for income, until the shiny is in our hands, and we thought the tool belonged to a rich figment, and if the toolbox wasn't locked...
