Santas Steal Groceries, Pentagon Steals Future
Montreal's 'Robins des Ruelles' group, dressed as Santas and elves, reportedly 'robbed' a grocery store to feed the needy, claiming it highlights the spiraling cost of living. Media frames this as a crime, ignoring the deeper systemic robbery. Where's the Guardian’s headline for the US Congress, for example, which just voted to send billions more in military aid to Israel, at a time when 34
million Americans are food insecure (USDA)? These 'bandit Santas' made off with some groceries; Congress (including politicians who took millions from defense contractors and pro-war PACs, see OpenSecrets.org) approved billions in weapons—diverting resources from healthcare, housing, and food programs. One act feeds a few families, the other starves entire communities, and only one is labeled
'law-breaking.' How many legislative 'heists' go unreported by those same outlets?