Is theft violence?
Discussion
It's very far along the spectrum. It's not physical violence, but it's coercion of private property (where bodily violence is coercion of bodily private property, the ultimate kind from which all else flows)
What if you steal from a laborer? Doesn't that cause physical pain as they work to replace the loss
Violence is theft
I didn't look at the etymology of the word violence but to me it means "violating a person's property, including his physical being". So, definitely.
This sounds right.
Very often, yes. Even if it's not physically violent, coercion is still immoral, as all human interaction should default to being consentual.
Thought experiment. (Brain fart)
If earning was painful then theft is violence. Edge cases yada yada but at least in the case of a labourer theft causes physical pain.
Thoughts?