No doubt if the Feds made the same effort in the 50s bonanno , lucchese gambino and accardo would have gone the same way
And someone would have ratted. Not necessarily one of those guys, mind you. But
somebody would have ratted if there was modern day surveillance, and RICO was in effect, and life without parole was the norm back then.
And I agree that those guys in general
were tougher and stronger willed. But one of them would have flipped. Maybe not a boss, but a couple of soldiers at the very least. And anyone who thinks differently is just being a romantic.
