Does that matter in practice? Large private-sector entities can employ organised criminals to assassinate you. Pragmatically, how is that any different? Dead is

Does that matter in practice? Large private-sector entities can employ organised criminals to assassinate you. Pragmatically, how is that any different? Dead is dead. At least with the government, you (theoretically) have due process. True, the Constitution (or equivalent documents in other countries) is worthless if not enforced and observed, but the private sector has no such guarantees.