• MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    It’s a play on words; see it as a bunch of people lifting up something—in this case, a shop—, and not actual shoplifting (robbery)

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      1 day ago

      Ohhhh! Thank you, I didnt realise it was a pun!

      I thought it was a social commentary that shoplifters were providing a service or sacrifice to keep shops afloat, and I wasnt getting it