The criminals here are the billionaires who created a system where you friend has to work TWO minimum wages job to barely get by. Don't defend a broken system, eat the billionaires!

Both can be true. People see his humanity, he's not willing to put this baby in a bad position. He may very well be a victim of circumstance. But for all anyone knows, the people he stole the car from could have replied on it just as much. I know I'd never financially recover from that and I wouldn't have a lot of empathy for the thief, but that doesn't mean the situation isn't nuanced.

I make decent salary and recently my old car was hit while parked and the insurance totaled it. Those thieves paid me the bluebook, which is about 2/3rds of what it actually would cost to buy that car again, if I could even find one similar. I could likely wait a month and buy back my own car after repairs for that new price too. The insurance company probably made money out of the deal.

I figure the payout must be about the same for having the car stolen. So honestly, if anyone wants to steal my car just let me know and after you hock it for parts or whatever we can split the proceeds and the insurance payout and maybe we'll both get ahead.

But barring the magical coming of universal solidarity, I can confirm that it sucks ass to lose your car even for the relatively stable and well off.

I'm just pro-theft!

Yeah we used to hang horse thieves for a reason. Losing transportation can be a family destroying event, or even a death sentence.

There was a passage near the end of The Road where the child calls the father a murderer for robbing someone, but the father said he didn’t actually kill the man.

Yeah the thief is clearly an awful person. The parents are also bad. The only character in this story that deserves empathy is the baby as he will be doubly harmed by having awful parents who just suffered a dire financial set back because of the actions of the thief.

That being said it is easy to commend the thief, even though we shouldn't, because we automatically have that empathy for the baby and disdain for the parents for being so irresponsible.

I think people like his chaotic evil personality.

I have to agree here. Its true that the person is/was struggling, but its action has made others struggle too. My post of course was aiming only on the act of returning the child.

Yeah but I'm guessing your buddy never left a baby alone in his car

If someone steals my yet to be paid in the next 2 years car, I am going bankrupt for the next 7 years. I plan to sell it once it gets paid, then buy another one. If it gets stolen, I have no perspective and financial conditions in buying a car again just by saving money.

i actually stole this image from Reddit r/madlads

A lot of people are agreeing that he did it only so he doesn't take kidnapping charges

honestly very sad way to see the thing

Yeah, because they're ugly, they smell, and they scream.

C'mon, he's obviously a nice guy who just needed a car because capitalism, and when he realized there was a baby inside he breastfed it, sang it a lullaby, and returned it to the parents. He now visits the family every Christmas and they laugh and laugh at how they all met.

Yeah, i know that. I'll correct it myself too.

The baby was not returned to the family, but was dropped off to a nearby shop demanding the owner to call 911 for it. Then drove off.