A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes.
It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.
Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs.
We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.
I -think- I follow? So, like, not violent in the sense that someone is necessarily physically injured, but in the sense that real people are still harmed in a broader sense?
There’s also significant harm in that if someone has, say, embezzled and destroyed your pension fund, you can lose healthcare and housing and your will to live.
😑I hope you don't mind me sorting out my feelings in your comments. 😅
I think I'm quibbling with the term "violence", since violence is malicious. The vibe I'm picking up is that this is reckless instead of malicious. Still bad. Still causes harm. Still means someone needs to be held responsible.
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Maybe instead of picking up vibes, use the word “white collar crime” in the first skeet.
Fraud. Wage theft. Antitrust violations.
These things aren’t reckless. They’re intentional.
A company that builds a system that rejects all requests for health care? That’s not “reckless.” It’s purposeful action that results in the death of people for profit.
My first spouse & I were in Silicon Valley circles. I still get sick thinking about ‘friends’ who got really rich gaming the market sitting at dinner tables laughing at the “stupid people” who lost all their money. They knew exactly what they were doing and felt like winners. Feels violent to me.
