Hasan Piker says he’s ‘pro-stealing’ from big corporations on NYT podcast
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Far-left commentator Hasan Piker explained to The New York Times on Wednesday how he is “pro-theft” and “pro-piracy” when it comes to corporations.
“I’m pro-stealing from big corporations because they steal so much more from their own employees,” Piker said. “Opinions” podcast. “But one thing that might help your ethical dilemma is that these companies know that the automated process they designed is going to get smaller and smaller, right?”
He continued, “So it’s actually accounted for. The lemons that you steal, no matter what, are accounted for in the profit margin of these mega corporations. And eventually their profit margins increase because unlike this automated system, they no longer have to pay the cashiers they used to hire, knowing full well that through the automated process people can still steal much more efficiently.”
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Hasan Piker appeared on the New York Times podcast to discuss people who justify stealing from companies. (Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Piker was part of a discussion with The Opinions culture editor Nadja Spiegelman and The New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about what Spiegelman called “micro-looting,” or people robbing stores in protest of big corporations.
Although Piker stopped short of endorsing all forms of theft, he largely ignored concerns about stealing if a person needed it or if the act was simple.
“Yes, I’m pro-piracy in every way. Would you pirate cars? Yes, you know, if you could,” Piker said.
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Hasan Piker said he was “pro-stealing” from companies, but did not approve of stealing from government-funded places. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon)
He explained: “It was a classic thing at the time. State-funded anti-piracy initiatives would be: Would you steal a car? I’m sure yes. If I could get away with it, if it was as easy as pirating intellectual property, I would do it.”
He added that he personally would not participate in “micro-looting” and would not support theft from taxpayer-funded places such as libraries or a government-run grocery store. He also acknowledged that the idea of private schools should be “illegal.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Piker and The New York Times for comment.
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Piker’s comments come on the heels of controversial statements he has made against American capitalism and in favor of communism over the years as he has become more influential within the Democratic Party.
Hasan Piker has in the past downplayed the atrocities committed under the Cuban communist regime. (Selçuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Last month, he traveled to Cuba with several leftist activists to support the communist regime, while ignoring or downplaying the country’s power outages.
Last year, Piker described communism as the “honorable ultimate goal” of socialism.
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“Communism is supposed to be the final stage,” Piker said. “It’s like the ultimate goal. It’s like the ultimate evolution, a stateless, moneyless, classless society. A borderless society. We’ve never really had communism. I know people will sometimes say jokingly, ‘True communism has never been tried.’ But it literally has never existed.”
