Old world types paved the way for the next generations.
They achieved plenty and held an unquestionable amount of power considering the discrimination, ethnic rivalries and cultural differences they faced.
The more I research the early years of Sicilian powerbrokers in the US the more I’m stunned by how fast they rose to the top and by the reach of their pull.
I am going by the American Mafia Luan. If we want to see their rots going back centuries it would be too scattered and diverse in it's ways.I agree that the Sicilians rose to power, but I don't see them being as powerful as was often said of them. They stayed in their little enclaves, were always at war with each other, and limited in their rackets. The Lucianos and his associates were aligned with them, but took over, expanded, and for the most part made peace within. I also think they made more money and started the cosa nostra that lasted.
