>The problem is that the more the state moves into simply managing rackets, the greater the temptation to corruption gets, for both the high policy makers and f

>The problem is that the more the state moves into simply managing rackets, the greater the temptation to corruption gets, for both the high policy makers and for the low level operatives Well, that is if you ignore the far larger elephant in the room of the government running an illegal operation. It reminds me of the times I hear of the FBI taking over some TOR server hosting abusive images and continuing to host it as a honeypot. By their own admission, looking at, hosting, sharing, etc. those images constitutes concrete abuse of a child, yet they directly engage in such. It would be like if the FBI busted up a brothel with children and kept running it to catch more criminals. The ends in no way justify the means.