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Depending on the political climate, non state organisations can help resolve community issues and provide protection, while the official government views them as gangs / terrorists. For example, in Northern Ireland.

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah, that is a highly romanticized and naive way of describing extortion

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- Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Like taxes?
  
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

But what if you realized that the ones burning your house and attacking your neighbours were the police? Then, the obvious option would be to turn to yourself and like-minded friends to create your own institution to protect the community from assault.

This was what happened during the recent 25-year conflict

“Recent” that happened in 1969.

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