The premise that the rich and poor are political equals is the very heart of democracy’s claim to legitimacy.

Contemporary social scientists have largely forgotten what our 19th century counterparts knew so well. There is neither economics nor politics; there is only political-economy. The indivisible linkage of economics and politics means that economic elites have been as guilty of letting the blood of innocents as their political counterparts.

The term state-corporate crime refers to serious social harms that result from the interaction of political and economic organizations.

Research make us aware of the class of organizational crimes that are the collective product of the joint actions between a state agency and a business corporation. Reality suggests that additional conceptualization of deviant organizational relationships between government agencies and business corporations within the new millennium stand in dire need of such projects in order to re-birth america viewed strong among the world.

Modern history is dense with crimes flowing from decisions taken by economic and political elites.

Many times the numbers are maimed where material lives where destroyed as a by-product of power-games Political leaders play that show no inclination to break with past habits.

It would be a mistake, however, to assign exclusive blame for great crimes to political leaders alone.

Political elites rarely act without the prompting or support of at least some economic elites.

Under the current dominant social system of modern liberal democracy—it is often difficult to determine where economic interests end and political ones begin. As C. Wright Mills noted, a “circulation of elites” ensures that major economic and political decision-makers are typically drawn from the same pool of powerful social actors pursuing a shared vision of a desired social order.

Those with an extreme sense of narcissistic avarice entitlement often self-justify under the law allows to violate other people out of their assets without regard to their rights.

These sorts of financial atrocities against their fellow man generally stem from the sense of entitlement that arouse out of it's superiority complex and therefor due anything and everything desired, even if it means taking from others.

Desiring the best in life is not the problem but rather the problematic thinking's behind people willing to violate others by discrimination, exploitation, and oppression denies the same rights, opportunities, and access to valued resources.