I think where you and I might be diverging here is in our definitions of 'thief' and 'murderer'.
I don't see a difference between, say, a capo that orders a hit, and a member of congress who votes for a foreign 'police action' - save for that the congressmember has much, much higher numbers.
Same goes for a bank robber vs. a bank exec who gets a multimillion $ payout from bailout funds - we're impressed if the bank robber cracks a million - but it's like "that makes sense" when the exec walks away with eight figures of tax dollars.
I don't know anyone whose been killed by a mob hit, but I know soldiers who have lost their lives to bullshit foreign wars, and literally everyone who pays taxes lost money to the villains in 2008.
I believe criminals have had a huge impact on my life - they just all got there through 'legitimate' channels, which IMO makes no difference to whether I'm poorer or people are dead.
I don't see a difference between, say, a capo that orders a hit, and a member of congress who votes for a foreign 'police action' - save for that the congressmember has much, much higher numbers.
Same goes for a bank robber vs. a bank exec who gets a multimillion $ payout from bailout funds - we're impressed if the bank robber cracks a million - but it's like "that makes sense" when the exec walks away with eight figures of tax dollars.
I don't know anyone whose been killed by a mob hit, but I know soldiers who have lost their lives to bullshit foreign wars, and literally everyone who pays taxes lost money to the villains in 2008.
I believe criminals have had a huge impact on my life - they just all got there through 'legitimate' channels, which IMO makes no difference to whether I'm poorer or people are dead.