Louie, you are 1000% correct!.... IF THEY WANT YA, you're done! that's why the smarter guys backed up today. Or in the alternative, only "handle" certain type rackets and activities.

Most importantly, today now more than ever, the only way for possible survival is to keep your head down low! If you think you're gonna go out there and become another Vito Genovese or John Gotti, you can take the "Life" prison term that comes right along with it! Lol.... and that's that as they say!

It is a much different beast than decades before. Both here and in Italy/Sicily as well.

Nonetheless, regardless of the era we choose to speak about, there are always the smart and savvy, more intelligent guys who take a pragmatic approach to "The Life". And then there are the "Bulls in The China Shop", who mostly trudge through the underworld and end up tripping on their own dicks! Lol