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Is that because the law enforcement squelched them or because the economics of their business died out?
by jamestimmins 3y ago
Is that because the law enforcement squelched them or because the economics of their business died out?
- dralley 3y agoA bit of Column A, a bit of Column B probably
- tptacek 3y agoThat's my understanding too --- a combination of RICO and deindustrialization.
- toyg 3y agoAlso, a lot of old-time syndicates have long moved to more lucrative businesses. Low-level stuff is labour-intensive, low margin, and very exposed; if you have enough capital, there are much better investments to be made. Even in Italy, where people were still dying in the streets in certain areas in the early 2000s, most cartels have moved on from drugs and prostitution to public works, property development, hospitality etc. The street stuff is now left largely to foreign gangs who have nothing to lose.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoAnd BigCorporate bought everything out. Moms and pops and dons couldn’t compete.
- hash872 3y agoMatt Stoller should investigate and write a slightly hysterical, loose-with-the-facts piece about this troubling monopoly
- kevinmchugh 3y agoThis is the over-arching plot of the first three seasons of Fargo
- owlninja 3y agoAlso reminds me of the Sopranos scene where Patsy goes to shakedown a new coffee shop and gets the pushback from the employee that "I cant authorize anything like that, it would have to go through corporate in Seattle." "It's over for the little guy."
- dclowd9901 3y agoNo one wants to be on the lam forever. Even crims want to go legit someday. Nowadays, crime is much smaller and more ephemeral, which is good for criminals. They can get away with walking into an establishment and walking out with whatever they like. Most of the time with no problems at all. I think I prefer that to errant car bombs.