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Byrne fails to specifically allege, as he must, how the alleged racketeering activities have injured his business or property. In other other words, he fails to allege any facts that, if true, establish that he has suffered an injury that is separate and distinct from the injury suffered by the population as a whole.

That is patently absurd, and validates the statement, "First of all we shoot all the lawyers."

If a RICO crime devastates the lives of every citizen then it's OK to tolerate it because my loss as a citizen is no greater than every other citizen.
Even though as individuals we are all, tens millions of us citizens, equally devastated, losing our individual wealth and even our freedom.

Only a lawyer would have the bal** to mount such an argument: In committing a RICO crime, make sure it's enormous enough for any individual not to be able to claim individual damages.

[Labyrinthos]

If a RICO crime devastates the lives of every citizen then it's OK to tolerate it because my loss as a citizen is no greater than every other citizen.

If a RICO crime devastates the lives of every citizen, then the United States Attorney General is responsible for prosecuting the case -- but individuals can't prosecute RICO unless they meet the standing and proximate cause standards that I have previously laid out in other posts.