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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.
by solid_fuel 7mo 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.
- dan-robertson 7mo agoMaybe the comment was edited as it definitely says crime now.
- solid_fuel 7mo ago> 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.
- culi 7mo agoI 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