Comment by solid_fuel
6 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.
6 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.
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
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.