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by thatguy0900 1619 days ago
Insane that this discussion is happening like this. Depending on the state for property protection is a basic facet of a functioning government. Literal organized stage coach robbery is not an issue anywhere else in the US, and it is not UPs responsibility to deal with it, unless we want to return to a period of private armies.
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Fun fact — contract work as railway police was one of the original lines of business for the notorious Pinkerton Detective Agency.