The Crime-Adjacent Career

the role that does criminal activitiesv, but legally

  • private investigator (thief/robber)
  • undercover cop / secret shopper (spy)
  • pentester (hacker)
  • womens shelter worker (human trafficker)
  • locksmith (thief)
  • wrecker (arsonist, vandal)
  • repo guys (thief)
  • magicians (thief)
  • accountant (money launderer, wire fraud)
  • pastor, salesperson (con artist)
  • intelligence community (organized cartels)

these are all crime-adjacent,in that they are violating boundaries on a nobler pretense

they are all dangerous people

they are also possibly engaged in some crime, sin«e they know how to do it

  • even when they’re not ENGAGED in it, it’s a matter of responsibility they must take, which not everyone does
  • the proof is in the fact that many of the experts in these fields WERE criminals (e.g., hacker becomes pentester, thief becomes locksmith)

this is why the CIA runs drugs