Saturday, January 17, 2009

How does the government differ from the mafia?

I'm not being 100% serious here, but I found myself thinking about this in the shower this morning. It humored me a little...

They both offer "protection" as one of their essential services (and both charge and arm and a leg for it).
Both are masters of extortion.
Both have extensive networks to help carry out the special interests of the bigwigs at the top.
Both have connections to certain industries and corporations, and both collude with the said corporations.
The list could just keep going...

But what's the difference?
One's legal, and the other isn't.