There have ALWAYS been rats, even in the horse and carriage days, this isn't some new phenomenon. The only thing that's new are celebrity rats. People have forever been saying that life is over, do some digging, I'm sure people said these things in the 1920s and 30s.
That is not true at all. There is a huge difference between telling things to cops (which Lucky Luciano did about other dealers to get out of a charge) to testifying in open court. For over 30 years not a single made man ever testified until Valachi...and then certain families like the Bonannos didn't have anyone testify until Frank Coppa in 2002. That is over 70 YEARS the Bonanno family was operating until they had a made man testify in court. There are way more rats today then before.
