some good stuff in there
As with all other business, the past 50 years has seen a monopolization of
all lucrative operations by “investment firms”, “holding companies” and of course banks. Since these
banks and other huge companies are fronts for the same few families, there is no longer any room for
mobsters or any of the rest of those people. They went extinct some time in the 1960's. All the
Godfather movies and Soprano shows are just misdirection to make you think organized crime still
exists in the old way. It doesn't. They have found ways to steal much larger sums of money without
getting their hands dirty or their names in the paper—with absolutely no risk of getting caught. They
do it by stealing from you under the aegis of the Federal government.