Originally Posted By: Faithful1

Hoover did go after the Mob for real starting in 1958. Convictions were hard to come by until the application of RICO laws in the 1980s and the Witness Protection Program.

Yet even after RICO was introduced, people like Gambino, Lombardo, Accardo, Magaddino were never hit by it. The government and law enforcement waited until the really powerful figures died out a natural death. They started to fight the mafia only after most of the characters with really gigantic connections were dead.

But why do you say Toodoped is an anarchist?

Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:

1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."

2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."