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First, I thought the accepted dogma was that slavery is economically impractical in the absence of the state.

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As a profitable venture, yes. But the proceeds are going to victims and there's not much need to show a profit.

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Second, is it not the case that the people who get sent slaves by the private defense organizations are the same ones paying said PDOs?

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Maybe, but it doesn't make much sense to me to pay a group so that someone will pay you. So such a business model by itself doesn't seem like it would work well. I was stating approval for the concept of restitution being made to the victims.