White collar crime has always been relegated to lip service. Now, the American government’s thievery and assumption of being untouchable are openly public. So, lip service and mayhem are going up. The country cannot keep ignoring this deadly decadent trend.
Forenote: This recently released movie is now on Netflix, well describing both the peril and promise of AI (artificial intelligence). AI could solve or make problems like white collar crime irrelevant. It touches on the morality implications. Don’t wait – good decisions need to be made.
So, what do-able steps can really reduce high level crime?
We must stop ignoring the low-hanging fruit that could help.
- Recognize that the ‘white collar’ trend is the controlling driver of all crime. Do not turn away from emphasizing and punishing high level crime based on social status or wealth. Recognize that high level crime trickles down to lower-level crime. Get past the fantasy that white collar crime doesn’t cause deaths. Accept that these crimes are fast eroding America’s position in the world and life in the homeland.
- Call out politicians’ criminal behavior and sett expectations in core definitions, policies, and laws. Currently, politicians are secondary if mentioned at all. High level crime depends on politicians to operate. Stop calling it ‘political scandals’ and call it out as crime. Extend this stance to the constitution and SCOTUS.
- Return to a more rigid separation of church and state, in order that white Christian nationalism cannot be used to support crime and foster discrimination. Elitists use Christian nationalism to promote political violence and control.
- Aggressively ban criminal lawyers and politicians from practice; strengthen the process to readily seize assets and ban perpetrators from practice.
- Get rid of the kingly pardon tradition.
Some summary context on white collar crime
White collar crime has always been a thing – something you either disparage or aspire to, depending on your moral orientation. As the country falters, this dichotomy renders morality an outsized importance. White collar crime grows when morality is low.
Team Trump (the GOP) defies understanding and trustworthiness, while they make AI their dark economic life preserver. The GOP performance at every turn is so dismal that they have petitioned to white nationalists to ‘give them another chance‘. Democrats need to show resolve and capability to improve.
Seemingly, you are a loser if you pay taxes and don’t have a security detail. Business/technology titans and crooked politicians assume they are untouchable. But they are way out over their skis.
Americans are hungry for basic morality. If political leaders serve up morality, it will feed a surge of confidence, power, and control in the hands of the people, i.e. democracy. We will prevail over the rampage white collar has become, because love wins.