mafia effects on society 1920's?
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Some rich people, lots of dead people and lots more drunk people.
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All organizations/clubs have their good/bad points.  Am sure there are good/bad people in the Mafia.  \nYes, the Mafia is alive and probably working for our government under the guise of CIA at this time...lol
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Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s,especially in the United States. This due to the fact both decades were considered very economically prosperous times, and a prosperity which lasted throughout almost the entire decade following a tremendous event at the closing of the previous decade (World War I and Spanish flu in the late 1910s, and the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s). In the United States, this decade was known as the Roaring Twenties.\n\nDespite the comparisons, however, there were a number of differences. First of all, Weimar Republic Germany, like many other European countries, had to face a severe economic downturn in the opening years of the decade, due to the enormous debt caused by the war as well as the one-sided Treaty of Versailles. Such a crisis would culminate with a devaluation of the Mark in 1923, eventually leading to economic prosperity during the remainder of the period.\n\nSecond, the decade was characterized by the rise of radical political movements, especially in regions that were once part of empires. Communism began attracting large numbers of followers following the success of the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks' determination to win the subsequent Russian Civil War. The Bolsheviks would eventually adopt semi-capitalist policies-- New Economic Policy-- from 1921 to 1928. The 1920s also experienced the rise of the far-right in Europe and elsewhere, starting with Fascism in Italy, and were perceived by some in the Western world as an antidote to Communism.
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I would say so . . if you can give me any good benefits to having organized crime in this world I would love to hear it. \n\nAll gangs do is go around pushing drugs, killing people, stealing everything . . I only wish they could see the negative effect they have on this world. \n\nNot to mention our youth wouldn't be so illiterate . .
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In simplest terms - the Japanese mafia.\n\nThe attached link should help.
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This is sometimes referred to as the pendulum effect. The "pendulum" of society continues it's swing in the direction of decadence until it reaches it's limit, then it abruptly swings in the other direction. The resulting opposite swing is often violent and catastrophic, leading to periods in history such as the "dark ages". You can expect to see this abrupt change in direction during the present century. The increasing popularity of fundamentalist religious movements are signs of this coming change. Moderate society is usually short-lived. Extremism in one direction or the other is always the agenda.
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Yeah, when we were kids in catholic school, we used to have those wars, but basically just for fun.  But the Italian mafia think think that the guys in the Irish mafia get too drunk to have an efficient organization.
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I'd go for Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920
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The mob is not nearly as efficient as Holllywood makes them out to be. With each successive generation the quality of gangsterism has declined considerably - to the point where they're now mostly ignorant thugs. It's also expensive to go after people. The fact is the mob gets very few informers these days. Gravano, Hill, etc., they're hiding in plain sight.
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Where drugs are dealt, hookers are hooking, muggers are mugging, and gangs are ganging.\n\nBetter to say something.
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The Ricco laws. \n\nOrigionally written to fight the Mafia. The law blatently violates the Constitution's search and seizure rules. It was felt the only way to defeat the Mafia was for the Government itself to violate the law. The Mafia fell because of turncoats in the Mafia rather than the Ricco laws but the laws stayed on the books despite being both unconstitutional and ineffective. \n\nInstead of repealing the Ricco law it was next applied to Drug dealers in the war on drugs. Frequently land owners would lose thier property because a tennent unknown to the building's owner was dealing drugs. A more blatent example is cops soon went out on the streets to pretend to be drug dealers. When somebody would attempt to buy drugs from them the car they were driving would be confiscated and auctioned off. This happened whether or not the driver owned the vehicle or if the vehicle was being knowingly used for this purpose by the owner. In short it was grand theft on a massive scale by local government. A clear abuse of authority. \n\nThe law today applies to all "organized" crime. That is if 3 or more people are involved in a "crimanal" endeavor. So most crime today comes under the Ricco laws and some prosecuters have used it to garner large sums of money. Of which there is no accountability since it is not part of the budget there is no comtroller oversight. It just joins a slush fund which I suspect is often abused. Such a system invites fraud.
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Apart from mythology, you are right.   The underworld in UK means gangsters operating above the law, in US you could say the Mafia.
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This article on the history of the Gambino crime family will give you lots of names from the 1920s and 1930s.\n\nAnd BTW, Capone was big in Chicago and the Midwest, not New York (as I'm sure you know).
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Poverty\nRacism\nGender bias\nPolitical apathy\nIncreased gap between wealth & poor\nWhite collar crime
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/16801/effects_of_the_american_revolution.html\n\ngood luck!
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This really depends on where and what societal class you are talking about. However in Europe, society was basically divided into three sections, known as the First, Second, and Third Estate. The First Estate consisted of the nobility. The nobility were extremely rich and had enormous political power. They oversaw the elections and appiontments of the clergy, the Second Estate. The Second Estate were also relativly wealthy but not as wealthy as the First Estate. They also had less political power and the power they did have, they vested into bidding the will of the First Estate in order to retain their power. Lastly, the Third Estate consisted of merchants, artisans, and esstentially the commoners. They were substantially less wealthy but consisted of largest portion of the population. They had little political power despite their vast numbers. Unlike the First or Second Estate, the Third Estate was subject to the most taxes and worked the longest hours.\n\nAs for life in North America, the United States had recently won their independence (1776) and the citizens were eager to assert their independence. Like in Europe, large social divisions marked the American society. At the top of society were the wealthy plantation owners. These people mainly lived in the south because thats where the most profitable crops (cotton and tobacco) grew readily. The middle class mainly lived in the North which in the early 19th century, was relativly undeveloped. At the bottom of the social order were the slaves. They had little or no independence. However, in the mid-19th, tensions between pro-slavery states in the south and anti-slavery states in the north exploded into the Civil War. During the war, the north became more and more industrialized, giving the north a comparative advantage in the war. At the end of the war, slaves were granted their freedom, but that did not mean that they moved up socially. Towards the end of the 19th centruy, the industrial revolution drastically changed the landscape of the American society. Workers were able to produce more in less time. More and more blue-collar workers began moving to the more industrialized north. They worked long tiresome hours. Minimum wage was nonexistant was were any work regulations. Child labor was heavily prevelant. However, women were not accepted into the workplace on a large scale until later in the 20th century.
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The 'mob' is generally used in relation to the Mafia, however it could be more accurately called 'organized crime.'  Hoffa had used the influence of organizaed crime during his tenure as the union president, and was threatening to run for the union presidency again. Organized crime had already taken control of the new union leader, and didn't need Hoffa anymore.