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Is the mob still alive and well?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Two Sandwiches, Aug 10, 2022.

  1. tinman

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    Loved it, I love all the old school weapons and how each floor was different
    What was hilarious was some dude took his tween daughter and she went Instagram happy with all these mob stuff
     
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    Ehh Rhode Island and Boston isn’t all that great for the mafia anymore. The Patriarcha family went to **** after the old man died and his song took over. The mob is essentially dead in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Las Vegas and New Orleans.

    At this point the mob is doing well in Philadelphia but it’s small fish and a lot of them have legal businesses.

    Chicago was the smartest family between like 1950 and 1990. The leaders avoided jail and made lots of money and their children and grand children are now very wealthy in legal businesses from mob money. The Chicago mob is not doing well though because all the leadership is dying or dead. Even Joe the Builder is nearly 100 and the last left. The new Chicago mobsters are scumbags, Italians in Chicago are now financially secure and it’s dumb to join the mob when you can just go legit.

    The strongest mob is in NY. The Gambino family is “okay” but it is the Genovese family that is doing very well and are mostly doing high level crimes, often outside the USA.

    I agree a lot of monsters are basically heavies, but Chicago and the Genovese are pretty clever and bright.
     
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    This sounds like how your rationalize supporting Trump, "he's no worse than the dems".

    Yes, he is worse.
     
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    We've seen this with a lot of immigrant groups that organizations and institutions developed to help immigrants turn to organized crime. At a time where assimilation was difficult it was a good way of supporting people from the old country in a new place where they were facing discrimination and other barriers. This is why there are Irish mob, Jewish mobs and Chinese mobs in the form of Triads that started as clan groups. As many of those groups have assimilated and are able to succeed both legally and without having to rely upon immigrant networks there is little reason to rely upon shady networks.
     
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    Agreed and while the most successful mob has been the Italian mob, we have seen them have to rely on people that are not 100% Italian in recent years.
     
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    Mobsters cannot hold a candle to freemasons
     

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