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Re:Why Do We Admire Mobsters? by pekk on Thursday September 17, 2015 @01:16PM (#10234701)
> There is really very little difference between the mafia and legitimate governance.

The name of that little difference is legitimacy.

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Re:Why Do We Admire Mobsters? by agorabinary on Thursday September 17, 2015 @01:50PM (#10234938)
legitimate 1. according to law, lawful

So the difference between the mafia and government is the use of laws? Which are rules that governments abide by? Sounds very circular indeed.

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