It's not a matter of you starting a racket. its about a guy that did 14 years and then realized he is the last man standing in a life that once was.
Should you go and buy a horse and some cowboy clothes and start robbing trains??? Maybe the Wild West will make a come back..
You can still make some coin doing illegal shit but you will get caught, too much technology and it's way too easy to make legit money these days. Im 100% legit and make more money than most made guys by far and I can sleep at night knowing my children will always have a dad around the house. I dont want some proxy dad walking my daughter down the aisle while I'm locked in a prison cell with some blood member who can barely put a sentence together .,..fuck that noise...
The mob died when Gotti died which coincided with all the technology after the terrorists attack of 911.