The criminal or the neighborhood petty tryant all want the same thing, power. The criminal wants the power to have others submit to him and pay him. The criminal wants money but the crimial gangs want power to get money.

The neighborhood tryant wants power to enforce their opinion of what is right on others. Homeowners Associations are famous for this. Neither is motivated by religion. Religion is ofter the tool, not the reason.

The rest of us just don’t want others to have power over us.