When one of my sisters was a tween, she was walking down the street with my grandparents when some change fell out of her purse. She didn’t turn back. “It’s just pennies,” she announced. “It’s worthless. Who cares?” My grandfather had her turn around and pick up each one. We don’t just throw away money, and we don’t act with casual indifference to thing…
What the Hell Is Microlooting?
Microlooters “are telling themselves that by taking without paying—a behavior known to the rest of us as stealing—they are, in fact, engaging in a quiet political protest,” writes Suzy Weiss. (Steven Clevenger/Corbis via Getty Images)
Stealing!
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