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[18. Zero-dollar shopping craze in the United States. ]

[What is zero-dollar shopping in the United States? ]

[In short, as long as you are brave, you will commit crimes every day. ].

[In the United States, if you don’t bring money, you can just go into a supermarket and take any big or small bags, just like you are at home. You can take enough things and run away without spending a penny. ]

[This is not playing a crime game, but zero-dollar shopping that is popular in the United States. ]

[This so-called zero-dollar shopping is not a cut-down on Pinduoduo. ]

[It’s really shopping without spending money. ]

[What you want, or what you want to eat, you just need to go to the store and grab it. This kind of thing rarely happens in other countries. ]

[But who would have thought that in today’s United States, it is happening every day. 】

【It has even gradually swept all cities in the United States and has become a fashionable landscape. 】

【In China, as long as it is a robbery, even if it is only one dollar, it is a crime, but the US law stipulates that robbery below a certain amount of "993" is not a crime. 】

【For example, California, the United States. 】

【In 2014, California passed the famous Bill 47. 】

【The proposal will reduce some felonies to misdemeanors, including the theft of items. Crimes below $950 can be dealt with leniently or even ignored. 】

【Although there is only one word difference between misdemeanors and felonies, the results are completely opposite. 】

【Because the punishment for misdemeanors is less than one year, and the lightest punishment for felonies is more than three years. 】

【In 2012, California passed another bill. 】

[The bill also stipulates that if the amount of property taken from others by force or intimidation is less than $950, and the force is not fatal or there is no serious injury. 】

[It can be regarded as petty theft and will not be punished too much. 】

[Therefore, many criminals who buy for zero yuan will deliberately control the amount of their robbery to less than $950 in order to avoid being convicted of a felony. 】

[However, the definition and execution of theft in different states in the United States are different. 】

[Some places even raise the threshold of felony to $2,000. 】

[Doesn't this give criminals more space and opportunities to realize those so-called zero-yuan purchases? 】

[In fact, the United States is a diverse and highly competitive society. There are many contradictions and conflicts between different races, classes, beliefs and other groups. 】

[In the past few years, the economic crisis and racial discrimination in the United States have become more serious. 】

【Many people feel very disappointed, angry and helpless, and have lost trust and respect for the existing system and order. 】

【Against such a background. 】

【Zero-yuan shopping may have become a way for some people to vent their dissatisfaction and protest.】

【Perhaps they feel that since society is unfair to them, they do not need to abide by any social rules. 】

【In addition, the current management system of theft in the United States has made these people even more unscrupulous. 】

【This is also an important reason for the proliferation of zero-dollar shopping. 】

【The real picture of zero-dollar shopping in the United States, just find a supermarket, call dozens of zero-dollar shopping partners, and put the things they like in their pockets. 】

【Then walk out of the supermarket in front of the boss. 】

【In fact, behind zero-dollar shopping, there are organized crimes. 】

【A group of people get together through social media, rush into the store to buy things crazily, and then quickly run away with the things they have grabbed, leaving behind a mess. 】

【This kind of open robbery is ridiculed by Americans as zero-dollar shopping. 】

[This word was originally a marketing gimmick for some businesses, but now it has become a pain for all US retailers. 】

[According to the data released by the US Retail Federation, organized crimes against the retail industry in the United States increased by 26.5% in 2022 compared with 2021, and the related losses of the US retail industry in 2021 were US$94.5 billion. 】

[Faced with such a phenomenon, thieves seem to have reached a tacit understanding with the store clerks. 】

[That is, thieves will not easily threaten the staff of retail stores, and the staff will only intercept them symbolically. 】

[Some staff even stood aside and watched. After the criminals finished the robbery and left, the clerks would choose to call the police and tell the boss. 】

[Perhaps for the clerks, they just went to work to maintain their own food and clothing. There is no need to fight with those criminals, and they may even put themselves in a dangerous situation. 】

【Under normal circumstances, these criminals would not attack the staff. 】

【This has nothing to do with moral bottom line or stealing from the rich to help the poor. 】

【This group of uneasy elements simply do not want to raise the crime of theft to robbery. 】

【After all, according to the relevant laws of the United States, if the theft does not threaten their personal safety, it is just a petty theft. 】

【Although the state provides food after entering the prison, freedom is the most valuable thing for everyone. 】

【And this year, the United States has further stipulated that when criminals are buying for zero yuan, store owners and store employees are prohibited from stopping them. However, any personal injury caused by stopping the other party from buying for zero yuan shall be borne by the store owner and store employee. 】

【This means that if someone goes to your store to rob, and you let the thief get hurt in the process of stopping him, you have to pay compensation. 】

[The famous 711 zero-dollar shopping incident in the United States, when a man took something in the store and left without paying 0 ... 】

[The clerk stepped forward to stop him, and in the process of stopping him, the man was slightly injured. 】

[So, the US police came to the door andThe shop assistants were arrested. 】

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"Oh my god! You don't have to pay for things! I want to go too!"

"Zero-yuan shopping? Isn't this robbery in the street?"

"It's so comfortable! I'm going to the United States, where I'll be robbed every day! No, it's zero-yuan shopping!"

"Hey, why can Americans buy things without paying? I want to buy things without paying too! Shopkeeper, I want to eat a free meal, serve me the food!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we are also dissatisfied with the court, there is nothing wrong with going to zero-yuan shopping."

"......"

The ancient people were shocked and drooled with envy.

You don't have to pay for things, there is such a good thing in the world!

The most outrageous thing is that some ancient people really took practical actions in their dynasties and wanted to buy for zero yuan.

As expected, the soldiers arrested them all soon!

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Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin was dumbfounded.

I could only sigh in my heart that the United States is indeed the capital of crime!

There are beggars eating free food everywhere, and some places are a paradise for criminals. Now it is even more outrageous, you don’t have to pay for things!

0.9

Do whatever you want!

It’s really too against the will of heaven!

Zhao Kuangyin began to worry about the American managers: "If this continues, the people will be in trouble?!"

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Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan laughed heartily.

"Good, well done."

"This country is very much to my taste. You can do whatever you want there. It's free and unrestrained."

The current situation in the United States reminded him of his life experience in the grassland.

At that time, he also did whatever he wanted.

Unlike now, he needs to manage a huge country and many things are beyond his control.

Although he envied it, he would never let the United States' system move to the Yuan Dynasty.

Otherwise, in a few years, the Yuan Dynasty would be destroyed.