1/ Nature abhors a vacuum and it's the same with power vacuums.
2/ When the State makes something illegal that is in high demand (or abandons the provision of justice) it's saying there is no power structure to enforce property rights in this sphere, creating a power vacuum.
3/ The power vacuum is usually filled by a strongman, kingpin or drug Warlord who metes out his own justice according to his strength and guile. He becomes a monarch in his little economic fiefdom.
4/ It is one of the reasons the so-called War on Drugs leads to so much violence and has been so tragically ineffective.
When the rule of law is abandoned you can be certain something much worse will replace it.
When the rule of law is abandoned you can be certain something much worse will replace it.
