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Re:Matt Maroon: Advice for Y Combinator Interviewees by rms on Friday October 19, 2007 @04:27AM (#70213)
>I got asked whether I was worried about the mafia. Seriously.

Seriously, the US Government is much worse. Unless you believe, like I do, that a lot of organized crime in the USA is controlled by the CIA, in which case it is the same thing.

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Re:Matt Maroon: Advice for Y Combinator Interviewees by corentin on Friday October 19, 2007 @06:16AM (#70237)
In any case, the State is an organized entity that uses its legal monopoly of violence to steal your money; it's like a mafia, just much bigger.
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Re:Matt Maroon: Advice for Y Combinator Interviewees by rms on Friday October 19, 2007 @05:31AM (#70229)
You guys didn't see the CIA plane The Web 2.0 caught smuggling drugs about a week ago? Remember that Bin Laden was on our side at one point.
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Re:Matt Maroon: Advice for Y Combinator Interviewees by anamax on Sunday October 21, 2007 @04:48PM (#70948)
Govt and states have persistent interests. They do not have persistent allies.
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