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The lines between Mafia and tech entrepreneurs are not very clear. Threatening competitors of legal action and keeping salaries of employees lower sounds more l
by tn13 12y ago
The lines between Mafia and tech entrepreneurs are not very clear. Threatening competitors of legal action and keeping salaries of employees lower sounds more like a Mafia and less like a tech entrepreneur to me.
- asdfologist 12y agoAgreed. Tech entrepreneurs murder their competitors and extort people using physical violence all the time.
- n09n 12y agoIs that really how you think the mafia behaves? I wonder if that should be considered a PR problem or a huge success.
- mpyne 12y agoJust because the mafia doesn't simply break knees randomly doesn't mean that the threat of violence doesn't underpin the mafia's operations. Yes, this includes targeted killings and violent extortion when required. Since this threat has been proven credible it's normally not required to actually break people; people simply give up before the tire irons have to be brought out.
- tn13 12y agoYes and large co bosses also behave in a similar fashion. Very often the kind of people Mafia deals with is the one that normally does not have anything other then their life to lose, but when it comes to large co bosses they are dealing with people who have too much to lose and hence a mere threat of legal action works even if that legal action is totally frivolous.
- googamooga 12y agoNo. This is exactly what government does.
- tn13 12y agoSurely your knowledge of Mafia is based on movies !
- maxcan 12y ago> The lines between Mafia and government bureaucrats are not very clear. FTFY
- logicchains 12y agoRob a man, and you're a criminal. Get half the people in some arbitrary geographical region to put your name on a piece of paper and rob a man, and you're a statesman.
- edgyswingset 12y agoTech libertarianism is cute.
- tn13 12y agoThanks. The only line is when a mafia boss says "I will fix that for you" you can rest assured it will be fixed. When government guys says "we are gonna fix it" you better run..