Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangerous Place?

Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by smokeyj on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:18PM (#6496628)

> why did humanity create governments?

The same reason "humanity" created mafias and gangs -- which is to use violence as a means of economic control.

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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by quadrangle on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:56PM (#6496858)

It's as or more reasonable to say that governments evolved out of the need to mediate conflicts between people living in groups.

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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by manicbovine on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:07PM (#6497292)

This is also a more reasonable explanation for organized crime, seeing as how criminals cannot rely on the government to mediate criminal disputes.

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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by quadrangle on Monday October 07, 2013 @01:15PM (#6509672)

Organized crime has its own internal governance, hence "organized". So that's no different.

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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by ardeay on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:29PM (#6496694)

We have a HIVE mentality, as much as we try to hide it with personalization. It is the truth. We work together. WE WORK TOGETHER.

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Re:Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangero... by gboudrias on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:33PM (#6496721)

Is that a quote or are you yelling at your monitor?

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