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Can you name any gang or mafia group that uses racket money to build and maintain roads, telephone lines, and other public infrastructure?


Sure thing: Hezbollah in Lebanon [0], Hamas in Palestine [1], the Taliban in Afghanistan [2], the Islamic State and related factions in various fluid-bordered Middle Eastern regions [3], several Mexican drug cartels (with the notable exception of the Zetas), the list goes on and on.

Basically any armed organization aiming for mainstream social control will have a schools-and-hospitals wing. Social services are propaganda expenses to these organizations, just as they are to e.g. the American government. This is because the DNA/business model of all such organizations is identical and as old as human civilization.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_social_services [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Social_welfare [2] http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1581119,00... [3] http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/islamic-st... [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Mexican_Drug_...




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