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There are plenty of such organisations. Some are legal, some are not.

The government is the only one with a legal monopoly on violence; it redistributes resources in the society and it's not run by incorruptible angels but by fallible human beings - human beings who were put there thanks to investments of millions of dollars.

It's a recipe for disaster.




> It's a recipe for disaster.

Government is a recipe for disaster? Democratic government has worked for centuries without disaster.

> it's not run by incorruptible angels but by fallible human beings - human beings who were put there thanks to investments of millions of dollars.

Yes, that is the trick of every human endeavor, the great ones and the failures. It depends on you and me - let's make it happen.




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