FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests owner

Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by kaonashi on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @05:41PM (#6485584)

The monopoly on the use of force by Government agents keeps private actors (or at least it attempts to) from employing violence on their own terms. Absent that monopoly, private agents will fill the void.

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by ahallock on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @08:53PM (#6486437)

You wouldn't be able to build up the necessary military force without expending massive amounts of money and drawing negative attention to yourself. Investors would not want to be involved with a company creating a PR nightmare and wasting their money on evil. Customers would boycott, the company's stock price would drop, and they wouldn't be able to carry out their plans anyway.

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by wiml on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @10:45PM (#6486797)

This is a happy supposition, but I don't think it's borne out by historical evidence.

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by meemoo on Thursday October 03, 2013 @03:21AM (#6487583)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by JoachimSchipper on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:34AM (#6493890)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Military_exp...

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