From David Weber & Eric Flint's 2014 book Cauldron of Ghosts, part of a quick libertarian sidetrack:
"More than legal scholars like to admit, the concept of a protection racket was hard to distinguish on the ground floor from what people got from legal authorities. To a crime boss, you turned over a portion of the proceeds of your business or profession and in return you got protection, stability, stable supplies and prices - even, in the best run areas, a measure of social welfare. To a legitimate government, you turned over a portion of the proceeds of your business and profession and in return, you got...."
Seems to me we have the best/worst of worlds going on in 'Murica right now, today and, for the foreseeable future, ad infinitum. Worrisome to me is the possibility of a seriously wrong-headed bunch of irresponsible, deceitful and well and truly delusional maniacs abusing the system to drag us, kicking and screaming, into a world shaped by the 1611 King James Bible. They don't seem to care if they use the gubmint or la cosa nostra to achieve their wretched ends.
Fuck. Those. People.
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