Theft porn and the ideology of private property

Reactions to a viral video of a woman stealing from a clothes store show the bounds of mainstream debate about capitalism.

Seems like there’s been a conspicuous uptick of theft porn in circulation lately — videos of people stealing, or attempting to steal, or being punished for it. The latest is this clip from a local news affiliate outside of LA showing one TJ Maxx customer assaulting another, allegedly for attempted shoplifting. The media’s spin on the incident has been s…