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Comment by exolymph | Hacker News Reader

You come at the king, you best not miss.

Also, never take notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy ;P

I think Omar, Stringer and Machiavelli would have gotten along on some level.

"Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge." -Machiavelli

If you're going to do unto others,do unto them hard enough that they cannot return the favor.

It’s amazing how many people in Trump’s inner circle love quoting mob movies, calling people “rats” and “stoolies” but can’t seem to get down even the basics of being a half-decent criminal. I mean, Roger Stone literally told people to lie to Congress via an email.

One can quote mob movies all day but that doesn’t make them a smart criminal.

I mean, they've lived in an era when being a white collar criminal is basically without legal penalty (as long as you're a white guy). It's really no wonder so many of them are so completely stupid, they would've had nothing to fear if their guy hadn't gotten himself elected.

Said another way, the underprosecution of white-collar crime provides an advantage to career criminals.

Go where the cops ain't.

There is a good reason for this. Real criminals don't aspire to be criminals... they just are, for whatever reason, necessity or lack of certain morals.

People who idolize criminals show an entirely different character defect, one that is in opposition to being productive in any task criminal or otherwise.

I don't even think mobsters tend to be that smart. The most vile humans, most willing to kill their competition first just naturally rise to the top.

Random but sorta relevant: In the video game Morrowind, there's a king who wears the best ring in the game - it provides constant life and stamina regeneration. The only way to take it is to kill him. But you better be prepared to fight a room full of very powerful guards. You better be prepared when you go at him.

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