What's the point of being a made guy?You still have to deal with all the same shit you used to, plus more besides. You just get slightly more respect from the others in your position, which was only really withheld so that you'd lock yourself into this shitty life.
It’s just a power thing. They get off on having power over other people, even if it’s just a perceived thing. Also the only real worry is that you might get shot, which is a very tangible fear compared to like quarterly earnings being down 7% forcing your company to downsize you.
>>220803667>Criminals aren't smartGosh!
>>220803692These guys do nothing but complain about how they're not earning enough. Every day brings some new problem, like a guy who's supposed to kick up to you had an unlucky break, or he spent that money on drugs, and you've got to be constantly running around putting out all these little fires.And then on top of all that you might get shot. You call that a good deal?
>>220803667Just like hood gangs, it means if you fuck with one of them you have a problem with all of them.
>>220803811I didn’t call it a good deal at all. How would you feel if you didn’t have breakfast this morning?
>>220803908But I didn't have breakfast this morning
>>220803862This is the main attraction. Killing someone who’s made or the equivalent in any organized crime usually means war, which is something most criminals wants to avoid. Not only because people die, but also because wars attracts police and it kills profit.
I don't think they led incredible lives
>>220803935thats bad for you, it fucks up your blood sugar and your metabolism, you should have a nutritious breakfast with fiber and protein every day
>>220803667>we could have gotten more of this instead of that pygmie shit in jersey.https://youtu.be/Fpz7jczYvVk
>>220804079I'd rather we got more Deadwood and Rome. Give me historic assholes fucking people over.
>>220804242The worst part is the writers moved onto create another show that bomberd hard at the expense of finishing off boardwalk. The first episode of vinyl was ok.
>>220803667You have to really piss off your boss for him to allow another family to take you out.
>>220803667There isn't one except being able to bully your underlingsIt's shown that only Tony is making any money, and even then he's not real rich, just poser richPaulie lives in an apartment, I don't even remember where Silvio livesThey're just pathetic thuggish bullies
I always found it funny how these guys risked jailtime and their lives for essentially a middle class tier lifestyle in North Jersey (exception would be Tony but he's the boss)I know that is an actual plot point for some characters but its still funny
>>220803811Because they're not intelligent men and they do not save for the future. At all. Even at mid level we see them making tens of thousands of dollars a week and yet when it comes time to kick up their points they often struggle to get it together forcing them to take stupid risks.Using Christopher as an example if he had any kind of savings for when he's first made he wouldn't have been unable to meet his 6 grand minimum to to Paulie when he screws up with the bookie business he inherits. They don't put away anything for a rainy day or the future because almost all of them live in the moment.
>>220804432The mob and most crime is just a pyramid scheme. The only ones making any money are at the top. Karen Hill wrote in biography she was surprised how poor all of the mafiosos were. Some lived with their parents, some stole from their girlfriend purse to make payments for the week.
>>220804432Silvio has a nice enough house, gaudily decorated, we see it once or twice. The ones who have no show jobs can buy houses, send their kids to school, have normal enough lives if they choose to do so. Paulie also has some kind of job with a title at Barone Sanitation, so if he wanted, he has enough "legitimate" income to make investments, but chooses to live in his cheap condo and put up girlfriends in apartments because he's a simpleton who doesn't want anyone depending on him
>>220804478It's only middle class because they're spending their cash as fast as they earn it and let's face it, even with risking jail most of them are barely working. They complain even when they have jobs that require them to zero work outside showing up. They party all night, sleep in late, fuck around all day, fuck a different woman every night and do some kind of work that takes a few hours max maybe five nights a month. Who could wageslave after living that lifestyle?
>>220804605Paulie is also spending $96,000 a year on keeping his mother at Green Grove.
it’s a big deal when there are dozens of capos running dozens of made guys running normal guys running dozens of crews each. It’s not a big deal when the entire organization is less than a dozen people. That’s pretty much the point of the show. Cosa nostra is on its way out.
>>220804625He also could've used a boost when he was gone too. His Ma almost lost her spot at Green Grove. An extra $5Gs it cost him to hold her place!
>>220803811They get to sit around eating sandwiches or driving around to pickups and getting paid for jobs they don't even have to be at or worst case scenario have to sit near while eating more sandwiches.Sometimes they have to rough someone up which might get annoying but if you're over them you have the organization backing you up so it's fine. The risk of being shot or whatever seems fairly low and usually only comes about if you do something stupid. They seem to get paid average to above average and have better benefits than most real jobs (your family getting supported for life, etc).Frankly they've got me beat and I'd take the job.
>>220805520>family getting supported for lifeThe show demonstrates on a few occasions that’s not true. You get floated for a short grace period then kicked to the curb and forever forgotten the moment belts have to be tightened.
>>220803667in the early days of Mafias, it was a clan/tribal thing. you were joining the Don's family. You were becoming his son, meaning you you and your brothers (the other made men) were entitled to an inheritance, could be buried in his personal mausoleum, guaranteed protection, so on and so forth. This stuff was important especially in Sicily where stuff like inheritance was hard to come by because most of Sicily was dirt fucking poor and absolutely rife with crime.
>>220803667No one can just kill you, if they want to they have to go through their boss who has to call in other people to have a meeting. Effectively bureaucratizing whether you get murdered
>>220804581much of the modern conception of the mob comes from The Godfather, based on a book written by a guy who deliberately did no research on the mob because he wanted to write his own story and not risk offending the wrong person. the movies ended up being so popular that the mafia tried to copy them, adopting terms and organisational structure from them.
>>220803667>anon would rather be an employee than a bossbeta type shit
>>220805629That's not completely true though, if someone wants you dead they can just shoot you in the head and get away with it, who would even know?
>>220805723there are cameras everywhere bud, it's 2026
The reason you'd want to become a Made Man is that it makes you harder to kill. You have to go to the boss before killing one, so it gives you some protection. I think the point was that when the show takes place being a Made Man basically means nothing, at least in DiMeo family. They even make a point to say they do the ceremony wrong. Before the 90s it probably meant a lot more.
>>220803811It's a hard way to make an easy living
LOL.No pictures and just a bunch of text from assholes who think they know something.
