Religion, Mafia and Governments

Have they been growing from the same hole?

- Each one covers one stage of social evolution, cannot run in the same time - one must be in hierarchy with other two
- All three will ask you to pay for the protection. Protection from what? Neither will exactly specify
- Since your interest is not sufficient to 'keep using the product', they will ask for your emotional involvement: respect god, fear the boss, be patriot
- There is no way to know how is your money being spent
- All three will punish you if you stop giving - instead of just stopping the service... (which service?)

The story they sell is, however, different. Each covers different stage of brain and social development:
- religion will grab those who don't know/understand how nature works and have fears drive their lives. Religion, therefore, has science as a natural enemy,
- Mafia gets those who do understand the nature thing, but still have fears run their lives
- governments cover those from Mafia group who don't buy 'the boss' thing. Notice that Mafia is much closer to governments than religion to Mafia

What is the problem with paying a company to protect you?

- you know exactly what you pay for
- if you don't like the service, you switch
- no need to wait for millions of other people to like the same thing
- there must be a customer support
- probably cheaper
- no need to hope for better future (children watch pornography anyways)