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[patientfrog]

There is a historical precedent for corporation-backed security forces in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_th...

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Pinkertons.

Anyone taking bets on how long it takes for this guy to get into a dispute with a neighbor and he starts exerting influence through his private police force.