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Why would you ignore the most important of the differences I mentioned - that of being overseen by elected officials? In the end, the government uses force to d
by merpnderp 8y ago
Why would you ignore the most important of the differences I mentioned - that of being overseen by elected officials? In the end, the government uses force to do everything, and this is okay because we get to vote on who controls that force, plus have a nifty legal framework and Constitution to limit the damage the elected idiots can do.
- imgabe 8y agoThere are differences. Nobody said there weren't. The parent comment was making an analogy, not positing that the government and the mafia are the literal exact same thing in every detail.