Great post NYM, very creative, my compliments.
It's the classic case of the Lupo and the Urso, the racketeer and the gangster. Luciano, under the tutelage of Arnold Rothstein, learned to be a criminal businessman. Vito learned from Luciano, who wasn't as polished as Rothstein, and was more prone to violence as a means to an end rather than as a last resort, a cowboy. The mob was full of them, guys who thought their balls were so big they could do whatever they wanted. Gerry Papa, Roy DeMeo even Gotti, who had the balls to whack a boss were all like that. Luciano was set up by Dewey because he knew that Luciano was too dangerous to be allowed to fully realize the potential of organized crime to society. Genovese was set up by the mob because they knew he was too dangerous to be allowed to fully realize his potential of organized crime, to organized crime. Everybody knew that if Genovese became Capo di tutti Capi, he would bring a lot of heat down on them and bring everything down. So he was made to look bad with the Apalachin and set up by Cantellops for the hroin charge which took him out of the picture cleanly.