By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country.

For another very clear example, money is a social construct. But people live and die by the hands of it.

Yep! Like gender. It may be a social construct but obviously that social construct is very important.

The only reason I can think of to remind people that something is a social construct is to help them remember change is possible and entirely within our control as a society.

The very real use of Force - sometimes of the deadly kind - of this specific "social construct" should make it painfully clear it has real - often life changing - consequences, to even the greatest of fools, but apparently it doesn't.

The point of saying that something is a social construct isn't to say that it doesn't matter, it is to show that it isn't some immutable requirement of nature. It's something we decided to do, and most importantly, could decide to do differently if we all just pulled our heads out of our asses. It's the reply to people who say "it's always been that way" and look at you like you are crazy for suggesting we do something different.

A) they are literally imaginary, but agreed upon.

B) why are you following the imaginings and rules that were created out of thin air by sociopaths and psychopaths

C) why do we continue to ignore the societies set up by the other sapient species? They are millions of years older than us, and the basic rules of their societies took us till the 19th century to understand as basic principles.

The gravity police are always bringing me down.

Obviously, you change the law to match reality :P Thanks for the giggle.

Those animal crimes are still socially constructed among those various species! Social construct means some thing or dynamic or situation that is created through interaction between numerous actors rather than something extant in the physical world.

Which is a social construct?

The law is also a social construct.

Did anyone think we couldn't? We regularly elect people to do that job.

That's still not a point at all, just like saying "maybe political change would be good". Like, of course there are incidents where common sense morality and legal practice don't match, that's where lawmakers should step in and change something.

It's really the exception for any aspect of reality to be operating with the approval of everyone affected. Things being socially constructed doesn't mean they are less real, or that they are somehow easier to change. After all, "convincing people that they should think differently about some social construct" is just a clumsy definition of politics.

That wouldn't be practical for most things, especially disposables or perishables like food. It'd be best simply to fine the owner or garnish their bank account. The IRS should enforce wage theft cases since they're the ones with the power to do that.

Yes, also what will happen if you walk out the store with 100€ of groceries depend mostly on how you react. The thing, is, its not because they're poor that they are going to steal. Homeless people steal a pack of pasta and a water bottle, not a month worth of food. It does happen, though if someone walk out with 100€ there is more chance he is walking out with a tv than pasta, be an asshole and be belligerant.

In the end the difference goes back to surveillance, it is very easy to prove you are walking out of the store with 100€ of things, there much less surveillance that would even be legal today to see they are paying you correctly. Don't be fooled by the politicians who say "let's just bails every robbers and shoplifter cause bosses withold pays" because this is a zero investment solution. For the politician its just writing, no need to rework the system that is causing the issue or deploy law enforcement. This is literally politics without action, which is indeed nonsensical

TALK TO A LAWYER and sue him

Right but, as far as the law is concerned, shorting you $100 is not the same as stealing it from you, because you did not possess it until it was given to you. But that does not mean it isn't a crime, it's just considered a different type of crime.

Stealing from a tin is theft of money in someone else's possession to which you have no right to.

You are owed your wages. It would be a crime not to pay what you are owed, to fullfil their binding legal obligation. We call it theft (because it is) but the distinction is that it's a failure to deliver something in their possession to you.

And the reason the punishment isn't the same is because if we start jailing people for failure to pay money they owe someone else, it is going to hurt the poor faaaar worse than the wealthy or the business owners.

It's just not a good analogy. The point it's trying to make is fine but the example is poor.

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Intent?

Taking $100 is theft. Period. You can't accidentally pocket $100 out of a register.

Boss shorting your check $100 could be an accident. Often not even their accident these days with payroll software. Until it happens consistently it's not guaranteed intentional.

Because the most reasonable explanation for being shorted on a paycheck is an accounting error, meaning no malice intended. Unless the employer tried to keep the money after realizing the mistake, they should at most be given a fine.

Assuming the original post meant robbing the store, that's quite different. There is malicious intent to deprive strangers of their money, and probably at threat of violence. Or even if it was just unattended, the theft is still done with malicious intent. The last situation is much like pickpocketing, so the analogy fits.

There is a reason murder and manslaughter are punished differently. Intent matters when judging people. If you accidentally break an item in a store, that should be treated differently than someone running in there and purposefully smashing the same item.

you will have to prove them the hours

Mostly on-the-money, but no, they have to prove the hours if the labor board gets involved. And that's a simple phone call, no lawyers or money involved. (Don't sign off on your hours, literally or digitally, if they are not correct.)

And no, you can't "borrow" $100 from the till. That's theft, plain and simple. Many employers have a system by which they can easily loan you a small amount like that. Just ask. You might be surprised. (Often not advertised because of the potential for abuse.)

$100 isn't worth anyones time

No lie. When I was 16, a long time ago, my ex-Marine tough-guy McDonald's manager sat me down over a missing $10. Almost surely my fuck up, but he made it out like I stole. Got very threatening.

Inside I was like, "Are you shitting me?! I make $3.34/hr. Would it be worth 3 hours pay to lose my job you numb nut?!"

Outside, "I... uh... I mean, is $10 bucks worth getting fired? Why would anyone do that? Uh, I made a mistake making change... or something... Uh, I'm sorry. Won't happen again. ^please don't kill me^"

Fuck me. Humiliated and treated like a thief over a measly $10. 35-years later and I still remember that asshole beating up a teenager over chicken change.

Anyway, I went out drinking vodka with my fellow punkers, trashed an abandoned bowling alley, dodged the police helicopter and skated talking to the cops because my friend's dad was cop, crashed at some popular punk's apartment, crawled home in the 100° Oklahoma summer sun, and called in sick. LOL, he fired me and I was grateful. Got my leather motorcycle jacket out of frying those fries and working the register. Fuck 'em. 80's were good times. I got stories. 😁

Nothing you said was false, but it don't work like that IRL.

If you stole from the till, you did so with malice aforethought. And you are in fact a criminal. End.

If you get shorted, and politely bring it up, the employer will shit themselves making it right. They want no phone calls from the labor board. The employer is guilty until proven innocent in these matters.

Problem is, most folks don't know this, or believe things like you posted, i.e., they'll get fired for a complaint. No, you won't get fired for asking for your pay. LOL, the fucking your employer would receive is astounding, and NOT worth firing you over their mistake.

Guys, if your employer's sins are so egregious, it's a simple call to $State_Labor_Board. Know your rights, and this one is easy. No lawyers, just make a call and state your allegations. Done. Now your employer is on the hook to prove you're wrong.

Employer doesn't like it and fires you? LOL my god, what a mess for them. You could press the attack, but if you're smart you'll walk away with every dollar you claimed, at worst. I've seen it done.

"I worked overtime every week for 6-months and got paid regular hours!"

Did you sign off on falsely worked hours? Well, that's on you. If you didn't, and the employer can't produce records, you get every penny you claimed.