by Wiseguy » Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:41 pm
The mob, at certain times and to certain degrees, may have made the immediate areas where many members themselves lived, i.e. certain neighborhoods safer. But obviously not a whole city. And on the whole, the mob only adds to the overall level of crime. Whatever limited positives their neighbors may have enjoyed, it was clearly a huge net negative for society in general.
The mob, at certain times and to certain degrees, may have made the [i]immediate[/i] areas where many members themselves lived, i.e. certain neighborhoods safer. But obviously not a whole city. And on the whole, the mob only adds to the overall level of crime. Whatever limited positives their neighbors may have enjoyed, it was clearly a huge net negative for society in general.