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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by linksnapzz on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:09PM (#50374664)
...which was finally ended by the RICO act; which is almost certainly unconstitutional, but has been allowed to fester b/c the Mob was (so far) worse.
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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by cucumber3732842 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:36AM (#50378906)
>but has been allowed to fester b/c the Mob was (so far) worse.

It's been allowed to fester because the late 20th century was (so far) the high water mark for societal tolerance of that sort of thing and it hasn't been abused enough since to really see much legal scrutiny.

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