Your point is also valid, however, it had not eluded me. I was just saying that from a speculative perspective, the two are similar (hence, the use of "in that

Your point is also valid, however, it had not eluded me. I was just saying that from a speculative perspective, the two are similar (hence, the use of "in that sense"). Essentially what you're saying is that one is government backed and entrenched in society and the other is not - I obviously do not disagree, as this is undeniably true!