new washington postThe report sparked a backlash for blaming “capitalism” for empty store shelves and calling the spike in crime reports a conservative-led “moral panic.”
“America is a tenacious nation built on stolen land, and the current moral panic is about shoplifting,” says culture reporter Maura Judkiss. I have written In a Friday article titled “Zombie CVS, the Horror Story of Late Capitalism.”
Ms. Judkiss told the story of a CVS store in Washington, D.C., that was so looted that there was little left on the shelves and ultimately closed in February.
“Blank CDs, for example, don’t bother thieves either. The greeting card section is left intact,” she wrote.
“What’s left in the Northwest D.C. store, not a lot, is under plexiglass: Dawn dish detergent, L’Oreal shampoo, Miralax, Clairol root touch-up hair dye kits. , a combo pack of dayquills for flu season, etc. And Nikil.”
“Other shelves spread throughout the aisles are completely empty,” Judkiss added.
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Just before closing, an employee Said FOX5 That crime was the cause.
“They said dozens of children regularly stole tips and drinks before school, after school and late at night,” local media reported.
Store employees also said the thieves are organized enough to target stores when packages arrive.
“Some people claimed that street vendors were stealing from shops and paying people to resell their products,” the station added.
But instead of blaming the perpetrators of these crimes, Judkiss complained that conservatives are using the rise in crime to criticize cities run by liberals.
“It became a horror story of late capitalism.” washington post “Empty CVSs have somehow become a stand-in for all the evils of American cities, and liberals (and liberal democracies?) in 2024,” the report said, adding:
She called the spike in retail thefts a “political talking point” and argued that such crimes are “getting worse in some cities and getting better in others.”
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“There’s a wild theory among some conservatives that cities are terrifying hellholes of crime, theft, and lawlessness. The dark atmosphere of DC CVS fed into this very belief.”
“While it is true that there is some crime and theft in Columbia Heights CVS and the surrounding area, it is not the dystopian nightmare that outsiders make it out to be,” Judkiss continued.
Footage taken before the store closed showed a depressing scene of bare shelves and street vendors hawking stolen goods across the street.
The shelves at CVS in Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C., have been empty for more than a year.
A street vendor just inches away from this CVS store openly resells stolen merchandise for cheap.
CVS announced that the store will close permanently next month.
It’s in the same block… pic.twitter.com/GoZTe4nDj7
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According to the culture reporter, crime in various cities across the country is either “underreported or exaggerated,” and “anecdotes and atmosphere fill in the gaps.”
Author and commentator Michael Mullis called the work “propaganda” written by “the devil.”
corporate journalist @maurajudkisA literal devil, he tries to frame this empty CVS as a function of “capitalism.”
“The reasons why this particular CVS shelf is empty are complex,” Devil claims.
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— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) March 1, 2024
“I can’t even do that,” I wrote. Las Vegas Review Journal Columnist Victor Jokes and a screenshot of the controversial article.
A CVS in Washington, D.C., is closed after thieves continue to steal naked items from the shelves.of @Washington Post He denounces “backward capitalism.”
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— Victor Joecks (@VictorJoecks) March 1, 2024
