The construction of the mafioso social capital and the Sack of Palermo

Re:The construction of the mafioso social capital and the Sa... by Simon_ORourke on Friday April 26, 2024 @02:44AM (#40166548)

Both in Palermo and in Naples, the business activities of the mafia can be categorized as extremely short-sighted profit squeezing, which I suppose is all you might expect from organizations operating mostly outside the law but with a firm grip on their respective societies (a bit like Google/Meta/Tesla I suppose).

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Re:The construction of the mafioso social capital and the Sa... by verisimi on Friday April 26, 2024 @04:43AM (#40167154)

... /the government.

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Re:The construction of the mafioso social capital and the Sa... by dfxm12 on Friday April 26, 2024 @11:27AM (#40170642)

Part of it is that the shelf life of a mob boss is not expected to be very long. You've got to get what you can, while you can.

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Re:The construction of the mafioso social capital and the Sa... by deputy on Friday April 26, 2024 @12:21PM (#40171202)

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Re:The construction of the mafioso social capital and the Sa... by costco on Friday April 26, 2024 @01:51PM (#40172232)

It seems like Sicily is an experiment in what happens when you let a few thousand people intimidate the rest of society into letting them cut in line and cheat on a grand scale. I bet the average person's cost of living and taxes are probably at least 5% higher than they otherwise would be as a result of extortion fees, cleanup costs from illegal dumping, VAT fraud, cartel/monopolistic behavior, etc.

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