For me, it’s a matter of how little they know the world around them and how things affect other things. Case and point, when voters thought that voting Trump in, that he would magically make egg prices go down. They’re going down now, from what I saw shopping earlier today, but they weren’t because of him.
Another example is how when shop lifters, when they shoplift, always think that they’re harming who they call ‘The Man’ aka corporate operating the stores, directly. That’s not entirely true and I know this having worked retail several times and currently.
Who you’re hurting, really, is the store itself and those that work in it. The store pulls its own profits in by how many people shop there and part of that profit, is distributing to those who work there. When you’re stealing from that store, you are actively harming that store’s profits and in turn, harming those that work there.
The CEOs and executives are still raking in millions and they aren’t above having to shut down stores over dipshit thieves which in turn, costs a lot of jobs in that store to absorb the profits to make up whatever costs.
I was talking to my wife about how is ethical yet moral steal clothes that have the brand logo printed on them, since you are walking wearing them, you are a walking ad, even if you paid for the clothes, you still are a walking ad. You actually paid for being an ad. Then, she asked me if in the process will somebody be affected, like, the manager of a store. That is when we both got to the conclussion that the best is not buying that kind of clothes and go and buy to little business or flea markets for cheap but good clothes (with no brand logos prints over).