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simplicio on Jan 8, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Losing Faith in the State, Some Mexican Towns Quie...

Sort of similar to how the Mafia is thought to have arose from protection schemes for Sicily's valuable, but vulnerable lemon crop. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mafia-lemons-citrus-si...

hashkb on Jan 8, 2018 [–]

Or, like, every paramilitary ruling a South American state.

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