We hear all the time about "food deserts," "pharmacy deserts," and about how corporate capitalist exploiters don't care about the poor.
Every time a store closes due to problems with crime, the race grifters come out to protest about the conspiracy to harm black and brown people by depriving them of the means to survive.
It's tiresome, and it is ultimately self-destructive to the very people who complain bitterly about their lot in life.
Chicago Alderman William Hall wants to see Walgreens face charges for closing (over a shoplifting crisis) pic.twitter.com/lZgZRvBdJ7
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 4, 2026
Another absurd scene unfolded in Chicago this week at a Walgreens that is closing. It is beset by crime. People regularly steal millions of dollars of product, and the company's employees feel at risk.
"Collecting reparations at Walgreens" pic.twitter.com/aC2O59LNuZ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 26, 2026
The response? Demands that the corporation be forced to stay open because they are creating a pharmacy desert, and how will those shoplifters earn money if they can't steal?
Shoplifting has become an industry, and its perpetrators these days don't even try to hide what they are doing. Employees who try to stop it can face dismissal from their jobs or even criminal charges if they try to interfere.
It gets worse: Alderman Hall admitted at this event that his community did steal from the Walgreens https://t.co/SgmeFWZfC6 pic.twitter.com/QSQsJ2zRzP
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 5, 2026
Shoplifting has been around since there were shops to lift from. What has changed is elite attitudes toward crime. You now have discussions in The New York Times about why shoplifting is a form of political protest called "microlooting," books on why stealing is OK in a capitalist society, legislators essentially decriminalizing the activity, and prosecutors who refuse to put thieves in jail.
This whole interview just makes me incredibly sad. Total breakdown of any moral code / sense of personal integrity / commitment to the public good. https://t.co/0Nx6NFkH0O
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) April 23, 2026
That's why you can't go into an urban store without facing outrageous situations, such as having toothpaste locked behind plexiglass. Self-service stores were a convenience invented a bit more than a century ago, and they were a boon to consumers.
Politicians get on the soapboxes to accuse corporations of nonexistent crimes, while excusing the actual crimes that are lowering the quality of life for everybody.
As for why it is black and brown people who are most impacted. Let BLM (accidentally) tell you why:
BLM put this chart together?
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) May 6, 2026
Do they... are they... um... aware what it shows? pic.twitter.com/ZAjId3AB7p
It's pretty simple: if you avoid crime-ridden areas, black and brown people are most affected.
Crime has been normalized, particularly in some cultures, and if they want to avoid the consequences of rampant crime, then reversing that trend is a good place to start.
It really is no mystery, and everybody knows that, including the people complaining.
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