This post was following up a movie "Blood in Rome" and it is interesting to note how bereft we are of strategies to get things done
1. Most capos say when met by bosses, "I will take care of it" You can count on me to finish the job. How many can say that to your boss for sure.
2. If you dont do it, I will kill you in front of your wife and children. How cruel. There is no room for deviation
3. I will do this, in exchange for what.... (nothing is free) always negotiating
4. Indirect action to get an action:
1. Kidnapping the children of the mayor to get him bring a target victim to a site
2. Blackmailing the cardinal to get him have the Jubilee in Rome
5. For the gang: Lele, Aurelio and Spadino to have succeeded:
1, Kinship was very important, no matter what the background was
2. When separated from the group, one becomes vulnerable
3. When blackmailed, one can turn against the gang member. But the loyal one never snitch
4. Ambition to be on top is the driving force for the gang
6. Politicians run the govt, syndicates run the business in the street. The religious are part of the business in the street. The govt, the church and politicians run the country. And it is not necessarily Mr. Clean
