We Steal Because They Steal

We Steal Because They Steal is about the mindset and activities of criminal politicians and common criminals, detailing how and why they are like two peas in a pod. In their various unique ways, both scramble to accumulate cash at all costs. Who gets hurt or harmed in the process is of no consequence to them. Criminal politicians and common criminals are often two sides of the same coin. This conceptual connection blurs the identities of criminal politicians and common criminals by swapping criminal politicians into the role of common criminals.
Greed fuses the two figures, making it tough to deny that criminal politicians measure up to common criminals. Most of the attributes associated with criminal politicians could easily be ascribed to common criminals. It is fair to judge both criminal politicians and common criminals by what they do, not by what they say. Blurring criminal politicians and common criminals raises certain questions. Are the two the same, but in some way distinct? Can criminal politicians be distinguished from common criminals? Why blur the line between the two, and yet hold them apart? These are obvious questions - but their answers, surprisingly, are just as clear.