Originally Posted by Hollander
Originally Posted by furio_from_naples
Originally Posted by DillyDolly
I do think that Giovanni Falcone was a genuine man who wanted the best for his people, him and Paolo Borsellino, but for the most part I'm very cynical of government.


Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino gave their lives and are heroes while many politicians especially Giulio Andreotti and later Silvio Berlusconi was deeply involvolved with the mafia but apart this pieces of shit after the 1992-1993 more politicians even the sicilians open the eyes and start helping the judges and the prosecutors without create him useless problems.And now the same thing is happening with the ndrangheta thanks to Nicola Gratteri.


Southern Italy should have been much richer like the North as long there is poverty there will be the Mafia the biggest employer.


After 1861 the South was used as pool of workers for the industries in the north and when after the WWII was created industries during the so called Miracolo Economico (Economic Miracle) most of it ended up in bankruptcy because the increase in labor costs and the end of state economic incentives combined with the lack of a serious and competent industrial class caused their end.
Now there are the port of Gioia Tauro,the steel mills in Taranto and the shipyards of Castellammare but they are too few and more industries would be needed, as far as the mafia is concerned, if people found a well-paid job they would not turn to the mafia for a job or would not do business with them.