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I do remember it was rather quiet. jsn The whole thing strikes me as appropriate to general US political analysis: substitute corporate for gang and you are here: “We draw a few lessons from this. A big one is that gangs and gang rule don’t emerge from state weakness. They can emerge from state strength. After all, the state is what makes something illegal, creates a space for gang profits. And the state compels gangs to seek loyalty.” “Another is that these illicit economies and crimin...