They would not be defunct. If Kansas City wanted to contact the other Families to inform them that they are no longer LCN nor wish to have any further contact the other families would say OK. I don't think they would try and move in. But this is all speculative as it's never happened.sisterray wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 11:51 amI might've phrased the question confusingly.Newyorkempire wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 7:34 pmAll existing small families members are tied into the national/international network
What I meant was, if a withering family has inducted members who at some point in the past were formally introduced to guys from other borgatas, but those introductions/contacts are not valid anymore (say, a guy who was their point of contact in another city passed away - basically they have no meaningful connections to groups in other cities and guys in those cities couldn't officially reach out to them even if they wanted to), should we then consider a group like this defunct? Meaning, LA despite having only one confirmed/active member might be considered viable in LCN terms since it's plugged in to an inter-family network, while Kansas City, which has 10 members, but none of whom have any contact with made men from other parts of the country, could be considered basically defunct
Within the Sicilian Mafia, it operated slightly different based on region. Same hierarchy, same operandi, just different social patterns. Palermitans like to meet everybody and are considered city slickers to the mountain boys in central Palermo Province who make it a point to hide who their members are from other families. You go further to Agrigento and it's the deep south, stay in your lane, we'll work together when we have to but don't get comfortable. Trapani who the hell knows, they love their land and they network but very selectively.
These regional traits were important to America and despite 3 generations of Americanization semblances of it remain. Tampa and the DeCavs and the Arcuri Crew were heavily Agrigentini from specific towns and the boss was out in front as the representative but its members are more obscure. Michael DiLeonardo even said they never really knew all who was in Arcuri's crew. There was a member whose never been identified born in Sicily, here since the 50's who died within the last few years, his name has never come out and will never come out.
Heavily Palermitan Families often brought in members of other cities and even out of Sicily. The Mafia is clannish but the Palermitans are open compared to the Agrigentini.
I said all that because what you're describing in KC theoretical kinda has always gone on to some degree in terms of some groups wanting to do their own thing.
We know that members have to be introduced to each other by a 3rd party member, this is one rule that almost never gets broken. I'm sure someone has examples of it but I only recall Veasey in Phila. who wasn't explained the protocol approaching people saying, "I'm in the mafia, if you are too then tell me." He was reprimanded for it.
I guess, if in 300 years there is only 2 members left who were never introduced formally as members and they wanted to talk LCN, maybe they'd revert to a coded Q&a or that would be the end of it. It's all speculation.
Maybe I answered what you were asking?