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A similar thing is happening right now in Brazil. Ex-policemen are forming militias that supposedly "protect" the population in cities like Rio. If you don't pa
by coliveira 7y ago
A similar thing is happening right now in Brazil. Ex-policemen are forming militias that supposedly "protect" the population in cities like Rio. If you don't pay them, you may very well be the target of "bad people".
- vbezhenar 7y agoIf you don't pay money to your government, you'll be punished. It's not really different.
- coliveira 7y agoEverything the government does has to go through the justice system. Thugs will kill you without warning. This is very different.
- philwelch 7y agoSome governments will kill you without warning, either. I think the point to be making isn't that mafias are fundamentally different from government, they're just worse in almost every conceivable way.
- golergka 7y agoThere's plenty of mafia-like organizations with their own equivalent of justice system, and plenty of warnings before they decide to go with the ultimate option.
- coliveira 7y agoIt was exactly this ill-conceived mentality that "mafia and government are the same" that brought mafia-style militias to Rio. I can almost imagine criminals laughing of this kind of idea.