Elite deviance
by David R. Simon · first published 1982
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Why? There's actually a fairly well established body of sociological research to this question. It falls under the general rubric of this term known as "Elite Deviance": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1381479.Elite_Deviance
on “Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be fined $20M” ↗…ridiculous paranoid notion. It's not like there's any money in illegal drugs or anything, and everyone knows being a middle manager at the DEA pays the big bucks. What I'm fundamentally getting at in my OP is elite deviance: http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Deviance-Edition-David-Simon/dp/... The NSA will not protect us from the deviance of those with real power, because those with real power can fight back. Those with real…
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