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Banksy Encourages Fans to Shoplift From Guess Since Company 'Helped Themselves to My Artwork Without Asking’ (www.complex.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Banksy isn’t happy with Guess’ latest collaboration.

The legendary anonymous graffiti artist had a directive for his followers on Friday, encouraging them—possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not—to visit the Regent Street Guess store in London and steal the brand’s new collection that features his artwork.

“Attention all shoplifters. Please go to Guess on Regents Street. They’ve helped themselves to my artwork without asking, how can it be wrong for you to do the same to their clothes?”

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[–] Nobsi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://feddit.de/comment/2716282
So what's this?

[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m not Banksy and if you think they have the reach to cause a small army to financially ruin the flagship store of a multinational company located in one of the most surveilled cities in the world than you have a very outsized opinion of their social influence.

[–] Nobsi@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did i link to a Banksy tweet or to one of you "theft is morally okay"-idiots who don't understand the simple concept of "if lose more money than calculated > close shop and no more lose money" which is a result of "person on internet said steal is okay because of "anti-capitalism" and "it's only big bad business" > me steal"
Either go with the original argument, that theft is morally okay and live with the consequence of stores closing because of loss prevention or get real and just don't steal.