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You're kidding right? Within the neighborhood that mobsters/gangsters rule there is typically widespread "admiration" from the residents. Some are just afraid
by josefresco 11y ago
You're kidding right? Within the neighborhood that mobsters/gangsters rule there is typically widespread "admiration" from the residents. Some are just afraid, but many youngsters grow up idealizing these individuals for their success and power. This also allows/enables the criminals to remain in power.
- blounderbluss 11y agoI take it you have actually lived in one of these neighborhoods and not that you're summizing this from something you've read our watched on TV. Fear is quite different from admiration. There are a few who aspire to the lifestyle and the 'respect' it brings but most ordinary law abiding people despise the gangsters/mobsters/gangbangers who make their lives so miserable. It's like living under a dictatorship or in Soviet Russia. Fear and silence doesn't mean admiration or willing complicity.
- josefresco 11y agoJohn Gotti was widely "loved" by the same community he terrorized. There are countless examples of this throughout history. Certainly, a segment of the population is simply scared, but fear alone is/was not enough to keep power.