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You're painting it like the mafia - like...exactly like the mafia...
by nickpinkston 13y ago
You're painting it like the mafia - like...exactly like the mafia...
- clobber 13y agoI agree he seems to be completely proving the parent poster's point along with the one from michaelochurch (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5678332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5678332).
- michaelochurch 13y agoIn some societies, the organized crime contingent is morally better (and sometimes more competent) than the official police force. In the private sector where "law" is the whim of powerful people, that's almost invariably true. Whatever the good guys form (possibly centered around YC, and possibly something else) is going to be likened to the Mafia, a "don't fuck with us" collective that protects its own. After all, one of the Mafia's first (entirely just) social functions was to protect people against Pinkertons and other company police forces. The thing is, those with capital and connections have been using their social power for extortion ("you'll never raise another dime") for decades. If talent starts to fight back, that's a good thing.
- beachstartup 13y agohe's painting it like a business, which the mafia is. they just happen to do nothing but illegal projects.