Comparison between Rosario Borgia and Toto' Riina

[Dwalin2014]

A link to the chapter about Borgia from the book "Wicked Akron":

https://books.google.it/books?id=4x5zvZ ... er&f=false

Just thinking: does anyone notice the similarity in the mentality and criminal strategy between Borgia and Toto' Riina and his group in Sicily decades later? Not even Casso or Sam DeStefano were that dumb: you can't buy the police department, then let's put a bounty on every policeman's head! What was the guy hoping for, seriously? The mafia is so powerful because of its secrecy and hidden connections, when you declare open war on the state and rely purely on military force, even the politicians stop protecting you.

Were there any other similar gangsters in America, who attacked the State directly, relying on intimidation rather than bribery?