Posted By: stern49
A look at Mob, Myths Facts and Realities. - 02/07/15 08:40 AM
A great article that I put together after getting pieces of info from our admins, from that thread.
Many people on the internet, especially younger people, make statements about mob life that are often myths and not realities. I want to clear up the myths. You have to be mature enough to realize that the mob life is not all it's cracked up to be and that these people are not the kind of people that anyone should ever look up to. It's very easy, especially for a young Italian-American man to become infatuated with the mob, because of the way that Hollywood glamorizes them and uses their magic to make you root for them. That was the way I was many years ago. Many younger people believe that getting made in the mafia is the ultimate glory. Nothing could be further from the truth. Getting made is just about the worst thing that can happen.
First you have to serve an apprenticeship, during which you'll have to kiss the asses of every member of the crew you hope to join and turn over most of your earnings to a boss who thinks you're lower than shit. If you're lucky, the apprenticeship will last for a decade or less. By that time, you'll have convinced the boss that you're dumb and compliant enough to be made.
So, you'll probably be assigned to kill someone you don't know, for a reason that's not explained to you. If you manage to whack the guy without being killed, injured or arrested, your reward will be the famous induction ceremony. You'll then be assigned to a crew chief whose purpose in life is to squeeze you dry.
Let's not forget your new brothers in the mafia, the guys who kissed you on the cheek when you got made, and now refer to you as "a friend of ours." They will call their cop friends and tell them about the new member of the mob because most members of the mob these days are rats. Suddenly you're going to get more attention from law enforcement personnel. If you manage to survive all of that, the Don will eventually get nailed on a RICO charge and he'll rat you out in return for a free pass to the Witness Protection Program.
Another myth of the mafia is that they're against drug trafficking. The mafia has been dealing drugs in America since day one. The first Sicilian mafioso in America was Don Vito Cascio Ferro. He came to NYC in 1901 to establish a drug pipeline between Italy and the United States. Lucky Luciano dealt drugs as a young man. John Gotti was the top earner in the Gambino crime family because he and his crew dealt drugs.
Honored Society? You'd be better off washing dishes for a living. Back when the mafia started in Sicily during the 1700s, it was a good organization, but those days are gone and have been gone long before the mafia came to the United States.
Many people on the internet, especially younger people, make statements about mob life that are often myths and not realities. I want to clear up the myths. You have to be mature enough to realize that the mob life is not all it's cracked up to be and that these people are not the kind of people that anyone should ever look up to. It's very easy, especially for a young Italian-American man to become infatuated with the mob, because of the way that Hollywood glamorizes them and uses their magic to make you root for them. That was the way I was many years ago. Many younger people believe that getting made in the mafia is the ultimate glory. Nothing could be further from the truth. Getting made is just about the worst thing that can happen.
First you have to serve an apprenticeship, during which you'll have to kiss the asses of every member of the crew you hope to join and turn over most of your earnings to a boss who thinks you're lower than shit. If you're lucky, the apprenticeship will last for a decade or less. By that time, you'll have convinced the boss that you're dumb and compliant enough to be made.
So, you'll probably be assigned to kill someone you don't know, for a reason that's not explained to you. If you manage to whack the guy without being killed, injured or arrested, your reward will be the famous induction ceremony. You'll then be assigned to a crew chief whose purpose in life is to squeeze you dry.
Let's not forget your new brothers in the mafia, the guys who kissed you on the cheek when you got made, and now refer to you as "a friend of ours." They will call their cop friends and tell them about the new member of the mob because most members of the mob these days are rats. Suddenly you're going to get more attention from law enforcement personnel. If you manage to survive all of that, the Don will eventually get nailed on a RICO charge and he'll rat you out in return for a free pass to the Witness Protection Program.
Another myth of the mafia is that they're against drug trafficking. The mafia has been dealing drugs in America since day one. The first Sicilian mafioso in America was Don Vito Cascio Ferro. He came to NYC in 1901 to establish a drug pipeline between Italy and the United States. Lucky Luciano dealt drugs as a young man. John Gotti was the top earner in the Gambino crime family because he and his crew dealt drugs.
Honored Society? You'd be better off washing dishes for a living. Back when the mafia started in Sicily during the 1700s, it was a good organization, but those days are gone and have been gone long before the mafia came to the United States.
