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The mob infiltrates the state. You need to be able to disrupt the ability of organized crime to maintain itself. It can be done. The U.S. crushed the Italian mob with RICO prosecutions.

"Big mob connections" infiltrated the state, the "police force at a high level." To me, this in and of itself says the strength of a given state apparatus is orthogonal to whether that apparatus is used "to protect the commons."

Less than you think will change. Instead of bribing cops they will pay engineers and lawyers to work with the state to create an air of legitimacy to the whole thing

"You see here farmer Johnson loses everything for clearing and planting that acre without permits but we're happy to issue permits to clearcut 100x that for a bigco project".

And the useful idiots will cheer.