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barncat, we are already run by warlords. Didn't you see the organized criminal thugs strangle Eric Garner to death for selling his cigarettes without giving them a cut in on the action?

That's funny. Government is a gang. It has a monopoly on force, is protected by double standards, and extorts people for "protection."

Governments are gangs writ large. Black markets that fuel the majority of mafia activity are a consequence of government prohibition and regulation in the first place.