Comment by solid_fuel
7 days ago
He didn't say "white collar crime."
He said "white collar mass murder."
The implication here is that it is wrong even though it is not currently illegal.
7 days ago
He didn't say "white collar crime."
He said "white collar mass murder."
The implication here is that it is wrong even though it is not currently illegal.
Maybe the comment was edited as it definitely says crime now.
> But if white collar crime is being [...] anyone sees jail time.
> Maybe [...] Brian Thompson [...] you could easily argue this to be a form of white collar mass murder.
Nope. Read it more carefully. It's two separate sentences.
I won't pretend I had the foresight to purposely make this distinction but I do agree with and stand by this clarification.
The US is a very litigious society and Americans more than any nationality I've met are way too quick to conflate legality and morality. My personal guess is that this derives from a long running lack of class consciousness that is present in most other nations