St. Augustine famously pointed out in The City of God (book IV , chapter 4) that “governments” and criminal syndicates are in exactly the same racket: “Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a vast scale? What are criminal gangs but petty kingdoms? A gang is a group of men under the command of a leader, bound by a compact of association, in which the plunder is divided according to an agreed convention. If this villainy wins so many recruits from the ranks of the demoralized that it acquires territory, establishes a base, captures cities and … Continue reading Pirates and Emperors: Bill Clinton Updates Augustine