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A gang war in the 1980s claimed "over two dozen lives," eh? Every murder is a terrible. But a toll of two dozen is typical of a WEEK in south Chicago. Maybe the
by OliverJones 11y ago
A gang war in the 1980s claimed "over two dozen lives," eh? Every murder is a terrible. But a toll of two dozen is typical of a WEEK in south Chicago. Maybe there's something to be said for the writer's conclusion that "organized" crime is better than the alternative.
- ekianjo 11y agoWell Yakuza usually do not attack regular people and rather focus on businesses and corporations to get most of their revenues - and they own the sleazy businesses in town as well where people pay cash only.
- digi_owl 11y agoDunno why, but i have the impression that organized crime in USA operated similarly until the prohibition. Since then they figured out how lucrative it was to deal in illegal substances, and shit snowballed from there.
- douche 11y agoRoughly until that era, most of the hard drugs that street gangs deal in today were unregulated, so there wasn't a whole lot of margin in pushing cocaine, marijuana, or opiates. Anyone and their brother could just bottle up coca extract and laudanum and sell it as "Dr So-and-So's Magical Elixir" at the county fair.
- ohashi 11y agoMost things are purchased in cash in Japan