The Rise of the White Collar Thug

19 Apr
2010


Stories of crime flood the air­waves daily, but in recent years a new kind of preda­tor has made his pres­ence known. This per­pe­tra­tor isn’t wait­ing in a dark alley to steal your purse, or wait­ing for you and your fam­ily to leave home to break in. This fear­less crim­i­nal does his work in broad day­light. A mod­ern day Robin Hood in his own mind he steals from the rich, but unbe­known to him the effects trickle down to the poor. He is so brazen he never even wears a mask. Who is he? The mod­ern day white col­lar thug.

In recent years we have seen many crimes com­mit­ted by men who are edu­cated busi­ness men who fit the pro­file of the so-​called all American man. They have great jobs, great fam­i­lies, and large incomes. They live in areas that are the envy of the gen­eral pub­lic. They drive expen­sive cars and eat at the best restau­rants. They are also mem­bers of pres­ti­gious clubs and can afford to send their chil­dren to the best schools. Yet, with all those envi­able things they still use their power and influ­ence to steal from oth­ers. And they do it with a cer­tain degree of sub­tlety.

While most crim­i­nals tar­get the imme­di­ately tan­gi­ble such as jew­elry or TV’s, this thug’s tar­get is your future secu­rity. Your 401k plans, your pen­sions, stocks, and retire­ment funds. This modern-​day thug can also be a sex­ual preda­tor as well. He may use harass­ment against women in the work­place or even feign roman­tic rela­tion­ships to com­mit his crimes. He may even use his account­ing skills to make money mys­te­ri­ously van­ish. He may even resort to phys­i­cal vio­lence if he ever gets caught in the act.

Unfortunately this thug is one of the worst kind. He doesn’t fit the gen­eral descrip­tion of most crim­i­nals. This vil­lain wears a $1800 suit. But, he has become the worst threat in today’s vir­tual soci­ety. So pro­tect your­self and be on the look­out for the white col­lar thug.

Thanks for read­ing,

Literary Nobody

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Toya Bryant aka Literary Nobody is a Freelance Writer/Blogger who promotes positive thinking and actions within the community and the family. She also writes about the positives and negatives of technology, internet security and social media.

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  • http://recyclebills.squarespace.com/recycleblog/ RecycleBill

    Years ago, song­writer and for­mer Eagles band mem­ber, Don Henley sang, “A man with a brief­case can steal more money than any man with a gun…”

    I think he saw the future.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    Wow…Those were prophetic words. That cer­tainly is the truth. Thanks for the com­ment Recycle Bill :)

  • http://warmstonesite.com bing

    wow.. it made me think of the politi­cians in my coun­try. it made me think of the abu­sive and oppres­sive cap­i­tal­ists. it made me think of the busi­ness­men who are only up to gain­ing profit and not about help­ing their employ­ees and work­ers to grow and have a beau­ti­ful life in the future.

    i like this post. very much.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    I agree Bing…all of the above. They go on to enjoy pros­per­ity while the peo­ple who work for them strug­gle. Sad state of affairs. Thank you so much for the com­ment!

  • http://www.starlightblog.com/index.html MaryAnneGruen

    The cor­po­rate thugs have way too much power nowa­days. Or per­haps it’s a return to the days of the rob­ber barons. I am not at all happy to see the cor­po­ratists with such power. It’s not only wrong, it’s short sighted.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    I agree Mary Anne. For too long they were given so much free­dom and even able to oper­ate with­out any type of polic­ing. Now we see that there is no trust between the pub­lic, their employ­ees and them with good rea­son because they are so cor­rupt.

  • http://chapscorner.blogspot.com CHAPSCORNER

    All I can think about is Bernie Madoff and how he made off with all that money for so long.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    That’s exactly who I had in mind when I wrote this piece. While he never laid a fin­ger on any­one he sin­gle hand­edly com­mit­ted one of the worst crimes in his­tory.

  • http://chapscorner.blogspot.com CHAPSCORNER

    All I can think about is Bernie Madoff and how he made off with all that money for so long.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    That’s exactly who I had in mind when I wrote this piece. While he never laid a fin­ger on any­one he sin­gle hand­edly com­mit­ted one of the worst crimes in his­tory.



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