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How to justify theft when the system fails basic human needs

I've been stealing food from my workplace to give to homeless people in our area because I can't watch them go hungry but I know it's still stealing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Economic injustice creates a moral paradox where meeting fundamental human needs requires breaking laws the person otherwise respects.

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