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What does it mean?
The speaker identifies institutional symbols and property as the true source of criminality.
In plain terms
The system and its symbols are the actual crime.
What can you take from it?
Look at the system, not just individuals, to find injustice.

Where it applies

  • legal protests
  • labor disputes

Putting it to work

  • analyze property laws
  • critique authority symbols

Questions to consider

  • What makes a crime?
  • Who defines justice?

Another view

Labeling institutions as criminals ignores the legal frameworks that define crime.

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