Crime and business

 

Well, I suppose having never been to law school, that this would be a topic

out side the level of my competency. What the heck, this is only an opinion.


And so, it must be obvious that business and crime are two different things,

unless of course you happen to be in the crime business, or that is none of

your business. Either way, many or most people would like to think that

crime and business are different, especially because most people - at least

on some level, would like to think: crime does not pay.   


Now, some people might suggest that " capitalism ", is inherently a crime, in 

and of itself.  That would of course hinge upon the idea or notion of capitalism,

that is to say what you mean by capitalism.  Now, to say that all economic systems

are inherently criminal, would be stretching the meaning of criminal beyond

recognition.  However, it seems fairly evident, as well, that some economic 

systems may, in fact, be criminal.  For example, whether or not it was legally

established as fact, for many years the system of communism was closely

associated with criminal activity.   To pursue that history would, of course,

be somewhat tedious. But certainly, for me, the extremely interesting Alger

Hiss case, almost immediately comes to mind.

 

So in conclusion, I can only reach the following conclusion.  I am not

sufficiently capable of reaching a conclusion. However, just as a tangent

I might suggest that the proof of the Poincare Conjecture, may, in

some vague way be connected to all this.

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