That's not so, as a matter of custom and of law.

I am entitled to do all sorts of things in self-defense that I would never be entitled to do if someone wasn't trying to wrong me.

Someone tries to take your wallet. They punch you in the face. You punch them back. You take your wallet back. You did the right thing.

He trusted the people he had worked with for years. At the end, he was out three months' pay and lost his job. He shouldn't have been so trusting, but should he then roll over and die?

If you think America is a civilized society, you haven't been there. Wage theft in the United States costs more than all other theft put together. Lawyers are expensive. The state will do nothing.

The idea that you could sue for a missing months' pay and get anything back is absurd.

Being good and playing by the rules we didn't write has got us to where we are today - that is, within sight of the collapse of the biosphere due to exponentially increasing consumption over centuries and the increasing pressure from runaway climate change.

Given the stakes, it is morally and ethically wrong for us not to use any means necessary.