SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft

Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by filoleg on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:20AM (#32284979)

The important difference is that in the article you linked, the actual act of not working/not being productive is a crime on its own.

While the parent comment describes a scenario where the person is punished for an actual crime, and they get (in addition to the default option of serving time in prison) an option to remediate it by getting housing assistance and being able to demonstrate they can hold a job.

While i can see the parallels you were trying to draw, that one crucial difference makes a fundamental difference.

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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by int_19h on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:14AM (#32285399)

I suspect the practical application is far more likely to be more similar than the idealized vision OP has, with the primary difference being how selective it is applied (to everyone vs those who already slipped up once). Abuse will be the same, though.

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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by fmajid on Saturday July 30, 2022 @06:28AM (#32285659)

And of course in the USSR political dissidents were unable to get any job.

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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by filoleg on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:33AM (#32305716)

Yep, and with "officially unable to get a job", it was pretty much an open pass to arrest and imprison you at any given point in USSR.

Hell, no one in their right might would want to hire you, because they wouldn't want to get hit with the same label and end up in your place as well.

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