[104096] in Cypherpunks
RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew James Gering)
Fri Oct 9 05:51:30 1998
From: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
To: "'Steve Mynott'" <stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk>,
"Cypherpunks (E-mail)"
<cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 02:36:14 -0700
Reply-To: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
Not really, the state holds a monopoly on "legal" force, whereas the
Mafia and other black-market organizations do not. What is interesting
is they use force often because they cannot use the government legal
system to arbitrate their disputes.
Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Mynott [mailto:stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk]
> On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 04:14:32PM -0700, Matthew James Gering wrote:
> >
> > The Mafia has had two primary characteristics:
> >
> > a) the use of force
>
> wouldn't this characteristic define the mafia as a "state" to some
> degree?
