[bombcar]

I once read something that part of the point of government "management of crime" whatever you want to call it is to suppress vigilantism.

It may not be entirely descriptive, but it certainly is part of it. At some point Gary Plauché becomes common.

[jimkleiber]

This makes a lot of sense to me. And I appreciate you sharing the reference to Gary Plauché, I had never heard the story before.

[bombcar]

One of the most "unstabalizing" things in a society is a person or people with nothing to lose. You could make an argument for much of government being reducing the number of people with nothing to lose.