Prometheus 6

Basically, because I believe the market is efficient, I believe that it will find the simplest and cheapest solution. In an unfettered world, the cheapest solution is the bullet. And it's because this is the default behavior of human beings, we have to have some other mechanism than the market to ensure this kind of crap doesn't happen. Businessmen shouldn't be required to have their own private military. And if your economic theory predicts a high probability (if not outright certainty) of private militaries. . . well, I think you're way off track and need to re-evaluate your solution.

And the point of the TAP article is that RoveCo has taken extraordinary actions in regard to civil rights. Amazing, extra constitutional actions. Justified on a state of "war" with a noun. Get that? A noun.