> It very well may achieve an unstated goal such as creating black markets and lucrative opportunities to tap into the black market.

Well, it's in fact very very simple. And you got this **totally** right my steemed @dwinblood.

**Every.** ANY restriction, limitation, prohibition, banning, proscription, etc. Only might lead to P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E-S of some sort. Whatevah it may be, like exercised within a couple, a family, a clan, a tribe, a community, an entire society and well, put you the greater sample. :)

In such encounters, meetings and/or gatherings, no matter how tiny, small, big or humongous these may be. As long as they are composed with such amount of jealous, possessive, envious, resentful, pretentious, egoistic, egocentric, inconsiderate, disaffected, greedy, insatiable, rapacious and.. and.. and.. *(erm.. ¡Holy Cow! Please, ¡Stop me now! mate)* ;) ..of these singular specimens & beasts we call **human beings....** 

I'm afraid, any chance they can envision a route to take advantage of a situation in which **any** of this **class** of handicapped creatures mentioned before. Flying upon the wings of *prohibition* perceive that through these dusty roads they can climb positions **above others** to attract and hoard exclusive gains, prebends, preeminence, superiority and a minimal of auto **illusory grandiosity** over any collective **public** banning. They will take the baton to milk the abrupt lucrative opportunities without thinking twice.

Humanly, while we are still living in a world where the exchange of goods and services is mainly carried out through money, fiat money, coins, bills and tokens only in possession of the present system... As @livelifefullest already succinctly said: **"The “black” circuit is what let the economy run"**