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The Evil Empire became an Empire cos people there knew how to make strategic friendships.
Nope. It became an Empire, because its founders knew where to invest their money - they invested them into your government. There is no "friendship" inside a criminal gang.
In an ideal world, we would be able to go for intellectually simplified solutions like yours, but that's not where we live.
Do you live in a fairyland where a simple hit in the head wont kill a policeman? We just need a little cooperation - government just don't have enough resources to stop whole country uprising.