The generation that would have taken over is too far gone. They all moved out of the city and into the suburbs after college and then took legit jobs, many in state government. If not that, they became lawyers, doctors, attorneys, and some stuck to blue collar jobs such as laborers and even owning their own construction businesses. They had children, raised them in good home around kids who came from legit families. These kids instead of being John Gotti, had aspirations of holding the same jobs their parents had. Now those kids are grown up and having their own children raising them to be the same way.
This is the biggest factor as to why the mob is not the same as it once was.
BTW about half these kids are ashamed of the history of their own families who were tied to organized crime over the years. I know that sounds fucked up but its looked down upon in their social circles and among the younger generation in their own family. Also I can guarantee that there is a really good chance we here on this forum know more about gangsters in their own family tree than they even do.
I agree with this last part when talking about the kids that are coming up now in areas that have been traditionally hot beds for mob areas. The influences these kids are getting now are from social media figures, hip hop figures, etc. Plus the mob to these kids now is what's going to appear on YouTube and all these podcasts talking about it. So the generation that would pass the ideology to them of keeping tradition going is almost over. This next generation coming up, with parents in their 20's/30's won't have any influence on them. I mean just look at the majority of the ages in most families of made guys. It's rare to find guys across the board under the age of 50.
