The interesting thing about Prohibition was that it reversed the power relationships between the local machine politicians like Nucky Johnson and the criminals. By the time Prohibition had ended you can make a good argument that it was the criminals and not the politicians, who were the dominant partner in the relationship.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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