Law may be a monopoly of the state in the US, but it's not something that the state is guaranteed to always have the best of. In Russia and China, if "the gover

Law may be a monopoly of the state in the US, but it's not something that the state is guaranteed to always have the best of. In Russia and China, if "the government" (however we interpret that) wants something, it gets it. In the US (and many other places), it can be found to be unlawful and the government doesn't get it.