Animal cruelty and child molestation in AC land

[bkholdem]

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So when gangsters extort protection money from a local merchant, they get away with it because they've built up such a great reputation over the years?



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The difference between the mafia and the government: SIZE.

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Another (occasional) difference: LAW.

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Yes. The government gets to make its own rules. And it gets to outlaw certain goods and services, creating the black market that gives rise to the mafia in the first place.

Good show.

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Where I live, the government doesn't just "make its own rules". It's answerable to a higher authority (the people), not to mention the law itself.

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I would like to know where this is that you live. Where I live, when I interact with the silly fools who call themselves 'government' they certainly don't seem too concerned about following my wishes. I stand in line and get stonewalled while they dilly dally and hide behind their governmental bureaucratic rules. They do seem very invested in public relations and propaganda however.

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Yeah, the government is corrupt. I'm talking about the de jure system put in place by the Founders (which continues to serve us in good stead even today, despite everything), not the maladies the "consumer" public has let develop.

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I do not understand who you are or what you believe in or stand for.

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Skidoo/Sharkey has never stood for anything, only against things.

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That explains it.