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Re:Why Do We Admire Mobsters? by lucio on Thursday September 17, 2015 @12:33PM (#10234376)
There is an important difference between the mafia and legitimate governance: A Constitution and a Republic (3 powers).
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Re:Why Do We Admire Mobsters? by hassiktir on Thursday September 17, 2015 @03:51PM (#10235652)
a constitutional monarchy is almost a direct parallel to many organized crime syndicates. is that not legitimate governance?
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Re:Why Do We Admire Mobsters? by lucio on Thursday September 17, 2015 @06:26PM (#10236466)
King's bloodline rules because god say so... You're not a free man, you're a subject.

Do you see that as "legitimate"?

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