

these are exact opposite things because these are two different organs of power. the ‘‘gangs’’ or colectivos are largely self-organized and act mostly on their own, which is not to say that they don’t respond to the state or an official chain of command but that they’re not receiving constant direct orders like an official arm of the state, say a cop or a conscript. it all basically means that the state has a picture that no one else sees and is acting on a different level than the street

it died, jack. it was killed. all over the world.