The Aladdin fallacy. Everyone who steals is driven to it by desperate circumstances. But if you read the article, dire straits means the liquor aisle or the electronics section.
And overdue rent is what happens when you make bad decisions like spending your money on drugs and alcohol
Have any of you ever even been in dire straits? Because those of us who have are not as tolerant and that’s not meaningless
It's wild how people who people who've never experienced being poor don't get economics of it. You don't steal food, that's stupid because the risk/reward is terrible, when your phone breaks you steal the iPhone because that takes $1000 off your budget.
I tried to bake that idea into the phrasing but it clearly didn't land.