re: The first crack in the Mafia

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Cue Michael Franzese: "In this life...."

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Yep, even his old man, who was long time mob connected didn't do much to try to help him when he was called to a "Sit Down" with mob bosses and his life could have been on the line if they ruled against him.

They are nothing short of a bunch of back stabbing, paranoid thieves and all that talk of "Honor among men" in the organization is pretty much glorified bullshite.

These assholes eat their own with regularity.



And speaking of Franzese, he's a very intelligent guy and far smarter than probably 90+% of the Mafia goons he was once associated with.

His scams are legendary for the amount of money they brought in. He was making millions of dollars a month with his gasoline tax scam alone, and kicking up a good portion to his bosses-----but to them, it still wasn't enough.

Mafia kept their territories in line through extreme violence. They weren't choir boys. If you crossed the boss or the street capos you could find yourself dead after a nice round of torture. Mafia types were amoral psychopaths mostly devoid of any real empathy, however, they made sure not to exploit "civilians" and honest cops. Also if you screwed up and hurt or killed a kid, even if you were made could end your existence.

He kicked them about 50 million to get out. While he's been very public about the life. He hasn't ratted out anyone. Most of his contemporaries are either in prison or dead without his help

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they made sure not to exploit "civilians" and honest cops.

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What? bullshite.
They did whatever they wanted for the most part. Any limitation of collateral damage was as much to avoid unwanted attention as anything else.
Plus the knowledge that you can’t extort or shake down a dead guy.

I’ve sometimes wondered if the mafia was active if the cities would be safer in some ways. I doubt they’d allow the infestation of the criminals running around today.

Not dumb. You think the mob is going to allow riff raff to run its streets causing mayhem? Maybe I’m wrong, but I see the mob keeping the riff raffs in check.