I worked for a “family” when I was right out of college. The mafia or Cosa Nostra isn’t gone, for sure. The organization is more technologically advanced and has a lot more legitimate business involvement, now. You still don’t want to cross them. If you’re loyal and know how to be discreet, they treat you really well. They’re good to their families and communities. I worked in a legitimate business, but saw a lot of things. You have no worries if you don’t cross them. The mafia gets a bad reputation for being ruthless, but they’re philosophy is, “If you do business with us, you know what you’re getting into.”
I lived in Sicily for a bit of time. I recall in 1993 driving from Palermo to Trapani and over the patch of road where they blew up Falcone. You could see the fresh dark asphalt where they had to repair the road. One of my Sicilian friends pointed out where they hid to pull the trigger. Very interesting.
From 1993 Matteo Messina Denaro has disappeared, currently in Italy is the biggest criminal wanted in all over the world, and he was with Totó Riina the Boss that blew up Falcone
A tidbit while I am here "how did the mafia start?" sicily being midway between the continents for hundreds of years would get taken over by massive armies conquering back and forth for centuries so those living there had brotherhoods and families and clans. They lived on pretty much a historical stepping stone. When it came to drugs and olive oil they ALREADY had a secret society culture in place for hundreds of years.
That might not have been a thing before the movie. "The Godfather" was so influential, actual mafias started emulating it because it made them look more "sophisticated".
Ummm?? Mafia and wholesome are those words which I never thought will be use together... And no they originally didn't called them boss or godfather they called them Capo
@@Ram-xy2vy noo you are wrong Capo is the head below them comes consigliere and below that is Underboss and than Captain and than Soliders, hitman and than at the end Womaniser who lure women into s£x work not every mafia family have a womaniser only the once who are involved in human trafficking have one
I took a gap year to sicily before lockdown to teach English. Even at my little level I experienced and saw things that now I'm back home make my hair stand on end . Burnt cars in Siracusa that hadn't paid pizzolo. Burnt down burger van one night. The school boss also fired me when I refused to drive down dangerous roads in the mountains to the school. Everyone is always watching everyone and while superficially its very beautiful its very dangerous too
thank goodness nothing was censored unlike the other mafia video titled new york mafia families today where the word bleeping was used instead of real bad words and should not happen again cause if it does stop making mafia videos if your bending the knee to youtube
@@Megalon-qc8pf not opinions, Kurzgesagt spends months to work on a single video with the highest quality possible while infographic makes videos daily and so of course they are way worse. This doesn't mean the channel is bad, it just means that Kurzgesagt videos are fewer but better.
@grEEnbladewell like they dont know he screamed maybe they did it rlly fast so he didnt have enough time to scream and how do they know he even put up a struggle
@@Ruebenbayona I have accidentally gotten stabbed in my thigh by mistake with a kitchen knife and I did SCREAM.. so trust me when you get stabbed you do scream that's how our brain is programme
@@-w-2772Even though italians aren't the best at foreign languages i rarely see people mispronouncing English, French, Spanish or even German words, and still 350 millions of amurikans can't say correctly 3 random words in another language. Peace out
@@aNuBiS63FuL well obviously they don’t border those countries and dont visit them a lot, take for example i live in the Netherlands so you learn french and german at school so our country will automatically know more words then America and almost everyone has visited on of the countries you mentioned because we can just get in our cars and drive to it or other way around a lot of people drive to our country and you meet them
The world of mafia crime is blood soaked to say the least. Sicily was practically a war zone for the Mafioso. Dying of age related illnesses must've been extremely rare went it comes to the Mafioso. War in the streets brought a lot casualties. Mafia hitmen were likely feared by everyone. Life expectancy in Sicily must've been statically low.
Mafia won't become success or large without the involvement of POLICE , official , law & government ! The cooperation between mafia & govt. Is very important ! Take Indonesia for example where law is a mess , there are so many mafia there . The police , official etc become very rich 🤑🤑 Filthy 🤑🤑🤑 rich
Most entrepreneurs in Italy report Judges and Police are actually clean and supportive. It's the common people that are scared and play Mafia's game. Refrain from talking about stuff you don't know, please.
The "ch" in "Marchesi" is pronounced like a K. In Italian, "ch" is always pronounced like a K. And a single "s" preceded and followed by vowels is pronounced like a "z" in English. Thus Marchesi = "mar-KAY-zee."
Though I gotta admit the pig killing is absolutely horrific, I could imagine the bones just crunching as you get eaten alive while a swarm of pigs covers you vying for some of your flesh in their lil piggy stomachs.
It's really a nitpick but why the all those black people in Sicily? It can make sense now because of recent immigration, but is extremely unlikely in a Sicily of the 60s, let alone of the past century or more. It's extremely misleading and makes everything as felt "out of context", same way with the the cop with the American cop uniform style . Not all the world is the USA. Different places have different people, is that so difficult to accept? Let alone the ridiculousness of this in light of the fact that this "this video about Sicilian mafia has too many white people" comes from the same people that used to do not consider Sicilians white in the first place just few years ago. It feels surreal.
😂😂😂😂😂 Man you have made me Laugh ! Well spotted mate , tho u could say the biggest mafia I the world . Are western Governments .lead by America & their spoilt child Israel . But u made me smile . May Allah/God Protect you ,keep you & Grant you His Mercy His Love. Peace Brother 👊🏽
@@fahadmohamud4265 Read your Qur'an hadith about the groups who claim they are religious. Muhammad warns Ali and all of Islam but he is Zionist? Allah is angry at your betrayal.
Michael Franzese did a reaction video to your video about him. He was not pleased, he wants to have a talk with you guys. I'm joking, he liked it, and he told his viewers to go watch it.
Massimo Carminati seeing this: Why so soft Sicily? It is said by actor Francesco Acquaroli on a RAI Italian documentary on the Mafia Capitole that Carminati hated Sicilians because of his fascist beliefs.
This is why you gen z kids are going to end up repeating the darkest parts of our history because you're too attention deficient/chemically addled to learn your past. America is absolutely doomed. Good luck with your future.
Long story short, I loved in Howard beach during the late 70's till late 90's, so these 'Mafia' fellas were all we had to protect the neighborhood. To you, they're criminals, to US, they're local heroes. The stuff they did, YEAH, truly gruesome. But, back then, they were OUR neighborhood superheroes.... You pick and choose to protect your family and loved ones. Also, dating a mafia girl was the best thing possible... You were good to go, as long as YOU knew your place...
The Sicilian Mafia has origins FAR older and more honorable than expressed here. Sicily has historically known a near constant and highly diverse amount of brutal foreign occupation and oppression beginning LONG before (and later BY) Rome existed as either a republic OR empire. The Mafia existed to protect and perform the kind of functions a government normally would. They WERE generally quite honorable. That hard learned distrust for government that was so necessary to survive is the heart of their modern corruption and success and it's why it became so successful in Italian American enclaves in the United States and its why getting rid of them in Sicily and mainland Italy has been so difficult. If you don't understand how and why it began you'll never really be able to understand the horror and tragedy of what they've become. Worse, without understanding the why and how of the matter you'll NEVER be able to ensure it doesn't happen again.
That makes sense, when the government and the military can't be reliably trusted or chooses to ignore the demands of the common person, they'll rely on anyone to fill the roles abandoned by the state even if those people aren't exactly friendly.
Fun fact, Piersanti Mattarella was the brother of the current Italian President Of The Republic, both are from my city. My GF's granma told us that Piersanti used to court her a lot when they were young.
@@jakehansen3418 I'm not "triggered", though it would appear that you might be. They were all of the same ethnicity - perpetrators and victims - when a group of white, Catholic Sicilians kills another group of white, Catholic Sicilians that is not "ethnic cleansing" - I really shouldn't have to explain that to a functioning adult.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 no they were poor Catholics killing rich protestants it fits the definition you just don't like that word unless it pushes your agenda.
@@jakehansen3418 I don't have an agenda...you clearly do though - it's called projection. Anyway, I've already told you that it wasn't ethnic cleansing - if you're too thick to understand that's your problem.
@@jakehansen3418 Even if it was poor Catholics killing rich Protestants it wouldn't qualify as ethnic cleansing - it'd be sectarian killing, combined with class war, but they'd need to be different ethnicities for it to be ethnic cleansing.
"the light exposes a blood splattered carriage"
**shows a spotless carriage and an unblemished body**
But, they did actually draw lines in the sand. Well, a line in the sand.
oh no no no! this is UA-cam there is no blood and he is sleeping!
@@Randommanon_UA-cam family friendly?
Oh great, the info graphics show uploaded a new video! Time to watch with my entire bloodline!
" Eh , I'm gonna give youse an offer youse can't refuse." Typical Mafia line.
The mafia hasn't gone they got smarter. Politics
Bingo, lol.
I worked for a “family” when I was right out of college. The mafia or Cosa Nostra isn’t gone, for sure. The organization is more technologically advanced and has a lot more legitimate business involvement, now. You still don’t want to cross them. If you’re loyal and know how to be discreet, they treat you really well. They’re good to their families and communities. I worked in a legitimate business, but saw a lot of things. You have no worries if you don’t cross them. The mafia gets a bad reputation for being ruthless, but they’re philosophy is, “If you do business with us, you know what you’re getting into.”
Politics and finance. That's where they are now. And probably insurance.
Legal makes more money
Who Biden? Haha
I lived in Sicily for a bit of time. I recall in 1993 driving from Palermo to Trapani and over the patch of road where they blew up Falcone. You could see the fresh dark asphalt where they had to repair the road. One of my Sicilian friends pointed out where they hid to pull the trigger. Very interesting.
From 1993 Matteo Messina Denaro has disappeared, currently in Italy is the biggest criminal wanted in all over the world, and he was with Totó Riina the Boss that blew up Falcone
@@raffaele7900 we arrested him now.
Sicilian mafia is gone.
Now starts the real challenge: N'drangheda.
@@danielefabbro822 Yes, my country makes me laugh. He was hiding in his town and nobody knew anything.
@@raffaele7900 and no one denounced him... Yeah, "your country" its laughable.
@Daniele Fabbro ofc no one, i guess you would have done the same. You are talkin about the leader of Cosa Nostra
They also tie people up with spaghetti and force them to eat 37 tons of Bolognese
how about the Yakuzas? Ramen & Sushi?
@@FedJimSmith Especially ramen. And rice without any sauce.
Moral of the story: don’t ride in a Fiat.
😆😂🤣
Have you ever seen a picture of Palermo streets in the seventies and eighties?!!
This is one of my favorite channels, keep it up!
A tidbit while I am here "how did the mafia start?" sicily being midway between the continents for hundreds of years would get taken over by massive armies conquering back and forth for centuries so those living there had brotherhoods and families and clans. They lived on pretty much a historical stepping stone. When it came to drugs and olive oil they ALREADY had a secret society culture in place for hundreds of years.
My great grandfather came to america stowed away on a cargo ship to escape the sicilian mafia
That a wonderful story when you’re white. Imagine a Mexican stating that.
Can you please tell me your last name? The godfather wishes to reunite with your great grandfather, for business.
@@PapaIrie
Mexican is an ethnicity, not a race. Mexicans can be black, white, both, etc.
@@PapaIrie someone’s pressed over nothing lol
Congratulations on 10 mil subs🍾🎉🎊
Weird fact: I think it’s kind of wholesome that mafioso call their boss, godfather.
That might not have been a thing before the movie. "The Godfather" was so influential, actual mafias started emulating it because it made them look more "sophisticated".
@@foxymetroid Yup. Michael Franzese said it himself
Ummm?? Mafia and wholesome are those words which I never thought will be use together... And no they originally didn't called them boss or godfather they called them Capo
@@taniskaborah4564 no, a capo is not a boss, they are ranked a few below boss
@@Ram-xy2vy noo you are wrong Capo is the head below them comes consigliere and below that is Underboss and than Captain and than Soliders, hitman and than at the end Womaniser who lure women into s£x work not every mafia family have a womaniser only the once who are involved in human trafficking have one
I took a gap year to sicily before lockdown to teach English. Even at my little level I experienced and saw things that now I'm back home make my hair stand on end . Burnt cars in Siracusa that hadn't paid pizzolo. Burnt down burger van one night. The school boss also fired me when I refused to drive down dangerous roads in the mountains to the school. Everyone is always watching everyone and while superficially its very beautiful its very dangerous too
Pig on the thumbnail: *i am unstoppable*
your vids are relaxing EVEN the messed up ones :D
Some people say the mafia is gone.
That's what the mafia wants you to think
This one is off....Salvatore Giuliano and his sidekick Pisciotta weren't mafia...they were bandits turned revolutionary.
My gf's grandpa is Sicilian. No mobster or Jersey Shore crao with them but she is the only person to ever outdo me at a buffet
At 5:08 they have their fingers together on that stereotypical movie fashion....lol
Right?! Just gimme my PUMA track suit and footbol sneakers along with the fact that my skin is dark and that’s all I need. Mi piace!
Just feeding my sadistic mind
Everyone is sadistic. Your not the only one..
Yeah....
"Your brother Billy, whatever happened there."
Rustic chivalry.
"Some of those making the big bucks from citruses wErE mAdE aN oFfEr tHe cOuLdNt rEfUsE."
thank goodness nothing was censored unlike the other mafia video titled new york mafia families today where the word bleeping was used instead of real bad words and should not happen again cause if it does stop making mafia videos if your bending the knee to youtube
Rustic chivalry sounds tight
"Living the life".
You guys forgot about Giorno Giovanna and his mafia.
Imagine, the Sicilian Mafia even managed to kick Nazis out of Sicily.
Now i feel like the kid who's name is in the math book
Fun fact: the Cicilian Mafia is not the same as the (Italian-)American Mafia, and is just one of the several Italian mafias in Italy
"He was good to his victims" he says after telling how he shot and killed a cop.
12:26 pick a newspaper we actually trust 🤣
Speak for yourself.
Ok boomer go back to Fox, we apologize for the lack of racism you Fox watchers so desperately crave
Sicilian so powerful it's actually one of the best chess openings!
No the kings Indian is way better
@@hanktulenko2854 No it isn't, statistically the Sicilian has the highest win rate with the black peices, outranking the kings indian by far.
indulged and engrossed in modus operandi
*The bongcloud is the best*
I like your funny word magic man
I gotta give that guy respect for admitting he was a monster. Most people who commit such crimes believe they’re actually doing good.
We aren’t taught any different.
@@hpskater29 we?!?!?
@@mccartneyhutchinson6179 the messed up part is the therapist inn jail makes them feel like its not there fault thass why they belive it
Better or worse though? I mean an argument can be made that at least some criminals think they’re doing the right thing but he knew how wrong he was.
It sounds really good that he said that, right? Pretty convenient, huh?
I’m alive because my twice Great Grandfather fled Silicy rather than join the mafia. I’m very grateful he was able to escape.
cowardice
@@limuzinlerderapolmazduybeg4190 You mean like saying this over the internet where you can’t get your teeth kicked in?
Don't you mean Sicily?😁
This is premium level content. The infographics show really does amazing work, always.
Yes
Kurzgesagt is way better
@@professorscorpion8581 Opinions!
No
@@Megalon-qc8pf not opinions, Kurzgesagt spends months to work on a single video with the highest quality possible while infographic makes videos daily and so of course they are way worse. This doesn't mean the channel is bad, it just means that Kurzgesagt videos are fewer but better.
"Mafioso" is the singular, the plural is "mafiosi".
I kinda don’t wanna believe you lol
@@BloodyWallz its true
Most failed Latin!
How do you know cara aka Mr mafia
@@nongamer665 it’s freaking Italian you don’t need to be in the ‘Ndrangheda to know it
"The old fish monger was probably a hit man!" 🤣
Inaccurate info isn't funny.
Your sister was a transfer station.
@@alexandercrowell5111 that was a joke
@@alexandercrowell5111 you must be fun at parties
@@alexandercrowell5111 What do you mean inaccurate info? The commentator literally said he was probably a hitman..
There was always something fishy about him
If nobody heard that guys scream how do you know he screamed?
Well do you think he said,”Make sure you get my chest.”?
@grEEnbladewell like they dont know he screamed maybe they did it rlly fast so he didnt have enough time to scream and how do they know he even put up a struggle
@grEEnblade well maybe when he got stabbed it hurt so much he couldnt scream cuz that's at least what happens in the movies..
@@Ruebenbayona I have accidentally gotten stabbed in my thigh by mistake with a kitchen knife and I did SCREAM.. so trust me when you get stabbed you do scream that's how our brain is programme
He probably screamed, unless they slashed his throat first.
Dude you mispronounced literally every single italian word 😂
Vero hhahaha
not everyone is italian yknow?
He got Fiat and Alfa Romeo.
@@-w-2772Even though italians aren't the best at foreign languages i rarely see people mispronouncing English, French, Spanish or even German words, and still 350 millions of amurikans can't say correctly 3 random words in another language. Peace out
@@aNuBiS63FuL well obviously they don’t border those countries and dont visit them a lot, take for example i live in the Netherlands so you learn french and german at school so our country will automatically know more words then America and almost everyone has visited on of the countries you mentioned because we can just get in our cars and drive to it or other way around a lot of people drive to our country and you meet them
I love how the animations are all smiling while shooting into crowds lol
Love the cars and bikes
Should be an evil smile
Common trope in Infographics
At 3:42 for instance? I don't think so.
338 people sentenced to 2665 years, averages out to almost 8 years per person. Nothing in comparison to the lives they destroyed.
just like trump did
@@tylerl7352 Hillary caused more harm. Destroyed Libya for momentary glory.
"Not in the face ok..... keep my eyes? ....You give me that?"
You were like a brother to me...
-Too all of us...
Top 10 anime betrayals
A man of great culture you are making a Sopranos reference 👌👌👌
@@widjiro true 😤😔
Virgins
@@DimBeam1 incel
Alfa Romeo and Fiats are quite capable of blowing up without the aid of car bombs
Tru Dat
FIAT = Fix It Again Tommy.
@@trip2themoon No Dale, that's Ford....
@@trip2themoon tony
@@shanewright2772 lol loves me some hank hill
"He fights back but the blades keep plunging into him"
**assailants stand with knives in their hands and never touch him**
Lol
Family friendly ok? 👌
So basically the plot in Mario Puzos “The Sicilian” is totally true 🤯
All True
Allways has been
@@gailvaness that’s so badass
I’m literally reading that book right now lol 😂
The world of mafia crime is blood soaked to say the least. Sicily was practically a war zone for the Mafioso. Dying of age related illnesses must've been extremely rare went it comes to the Mafioso. War in the streets brought a lot casualties. Mafia hitmen were likely feared by everyone. Life expectancy in Sicily must've been statically low.
Mafioso is singular, mafiosi is plural
@@matilde_5 👌. I'm not an expert on the sicillian mafia.
@@Coincollector81
What I corrected you on is more of a language thing than a mafia thing tho-
@@matilde_5 Yeah you did. I'm not too familiar with sicillian.
@@Coincollector81
It’s general Italian, not Sicilian
STOP CALLING THE “MAFIA” A GANG ITS NOT ITS AN ORGANIZATION
It s an honerable society
@@francescoc6985 and a family organization
Family Business
It is more like a franchise.
@@Octopussyist no😂
As they say, never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
11:05 Piersanti Mattarella's smaller brother, Sergio Mattarella, is now the president of the Italian republic.
Mafia won't become success or large without the involvement of POLICE , official , law & government !
The cooperation between mafia & govt. Is very important !
Take Indonesia for example where law is a mess , there are so many mafia there .
The police , official etc become very rich 🤑🤑
Filthy 🤑🤑🤑 rich
Ur completely wrong. Is way different and is much more complicated. I should write why, but i make a habit of stop reasoning on the wild wild web.
Its true even mafia in malaysia claim that police in their hands and they actually invincible in malaysia
Most entrepreneurs in Italy report Judges and Police are actually clean and supportive. It's the common people that are scared and play Mafia's game. Refrain from talking about stuff you don't know, please.
@@paninimafia4101
You know mafia only from books & movis right ?
@@alphachad7093
Like i said , they enjoy the relationship 😂
"Your mother forgot to-"
Nah.. I'm good.
I don’t get it
@@Jkups because he was only accepting things from his mother. If his mom "forgot to give it to him" she could come back and give it to him next time.
Doesn’t “Men of honour” means they don’t cheat on their wife in public ?
It's not cheating, it's exercising their options.
@@jinnwilli Honorable married men don't have options, that's why they're married.
@@chilliecheesecake it a jok
Wow you really like posting about how people were murdered huh? It's cool tho I love your videos
The "ch" in "Marchesi" is pronounced like a K. In Italian, "ch" is always pronounced like a K. And a single "s" preceded and followed by vowels is pronounced like a "z" in English. Thus Marchesi = "mar-KAY-zee."
You’ve said this, but no one would roll the R if they didn’t know about it.
Seems like the opposite of Levantine Arabic, but instead it’s more like k->ch and q->k
Actually it's not even Marchesi, it's Marchese, so ur not supposed to pronounce it like if it had 2 ee's, should sound more like "Ey"
Though I gotta admit the pig killing is absolutely horrific, I could imagine the bones just crunching as you get eaten alive while a swarm of pigs covers you vying for some of your flesh in their lil piggy stomachs.
Yes alive is terrible but they usually did it as a means of disposing already dead corpses.
I imagine they would have made pigs of themselves
It's really a nitpick but why the all those black people in Sicily? It can make sense now because of recent immigration, but is extremely unlikely in a Sicily of the 60s, let alone of the past century or more. It's extremely misleading and makes everything as felt "out of context", same way with the the cop with the American cop uniform style .
Not all the world is the USA. Different places have different people, is that so difficult to accept?
Let alone the ridiculousness of this in light of the fact that this "this video about Sicilian mafia has too many white people" comes from the same people that used to do not consider Sicilians white in the first place just few years ago.
It feels surreal.
Now the drug trade is owned and operated by the U.S. army in Afghanistan with fields of poppies.
😂😂😂😂😂
Man you have made me Laugh ! Well spotted mate , tho u could say the biggest mafia I the world . Are western Governments .lead by America & their spoilt child Israel . But u made me smile . May Allah/God
Protect you ,keep you & Grant you His Mercy His Love. Peace Brother 👊🏽
USA USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪
@@kurtchester7073 Had a president wanting to talk to the Taliban, surrendered in Nam. Cowards
@@fahadmohamud4265 Read your Qur'an hadith about the groups who claim they are religious. Muhammad warns Ali and all of Islam but he is Zionist? Allah is angry at your betrayal.
Say it again
Michael Franzese did a reaction video to your video about him. He was not pleased, he wants to have a talk with you guys. I'm joking, he liked it, and he told his viewers to go watch it.
There is just one problem. Michael is American and american mafia it’s like a bunch pf kids compared to italian mafia
@@pietrobonfy0619 Okay, sure, why not... good for them???
@@theylied1776 i mean mafia is always bad but italian mafia it’s a sore
Very sad lives. Sadder yet when innocent people walking around get injured or killed.
Massimo Carminati seeing this: Why so soft Sicily?
It is said by actor Francesco Acquaroli on a RAI Italian documentary on the Mafia Capitole that Carminati hated Sicilians because of his fascist beliefs.
9:28 you didn't legit say "pacifically" instead of "specifically" did you? 🤦♂️😂
do one about the NYPDS corrupt cops, Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito
Everyone is gangsta until the Irish and Russians decide to join the party.
LOL!
The Russians are a brutal bunch 😲
@@biancanorwood6724 Da tavarich!
Never go in against the Sicilian mafia when death is on the line.
I can understand that logic 😨🇦🇺
Ever do that against any mafia?
Never*
@@nothing5693 the Sicilian Mafia is in it's own league entirely. very few criminal organizations can even come close to the prestige of Cosa Nostra
Fun fact theres only about 2000 “made men”
*The Infographics Show deserves something for it's EVERLASTING contribution to educating and entertaining us!*
Their own tv showd
Their own tv show***
When the Mob and the Government are the very same.
And no, you don’t need government to build roads
VINCENZO
'he was stabbed 27 times'
*remembers the 28 stab wounds meme*
Very interesting. I've always been very interested in the Mafia. Thank you for the very informative video.
This is what makes history fun without being forced to learn it
Sitting on my face makes history more interesting, too.
This is why you gen z kids are going to end up repeating the darkest parts of our history because you're too attention deficient/chemically addled to learn your past. America is absolutely doomed. Good luck with your future.
0:48 “ *28 STAB WOUNDS* “ (even tho there are 27 but nvm)
One day ill be on infographics you’ll see, you’ll all see.
I believe in you Dakota!
Me too!
I can help with that
@@amoebaman1947 I do not believe in you
Long story short, I loved in Howard beach during the late 70's till late 90's, so these 'Mafia' fellas were all we had to protect the neighborhood. To you, they're criminals, to US, they're local heroes. The stuff they did, YEAH, truly gruesome. But, back then, they were OUR neighborhood superheroes.... You pick and choose to protect your family and loved ones. Also, dating a mafia girl was the best thing possible... You were good to go, as long as YOU knew your place...
The Sicilian Mafia has origins FAR older and more honorable than expressed here. Sicily has historically known a near constant and highly diverse amount of brutal foreign occupation and oppression beginning LONG before (and later BY) Rome existed as either a republic OR empire. The Mafia existed to protect and perform the kind of functions a government normally would. They WERE generally quite honorable. That hard learned distrust for government that was so necessary to survive is the heart of their modern corruption and success and it's why it became so successful in Italian American enclaves in the United States and its why getting rid of them in Sicily and mainland Italy has been so difficult.
If you don't understand how and why it began you'll never really be able to understand the horror and tragedy of what they've become. Worse, without understanding the why and how of the matter you'll NEVER be able to ensure it doesn't happen again.
That makes sense, when the government and the military can't be reliably trusted or chooses to ignore the demands of the common person, they'll rely on anyone to fill the roles abandoned by the state even if those people aren't exactly friendly.
Fun fact, Piersanti Mattarella was the brother of the current Italian President Of The Republic, both are from my city.
My GF's granma told us that Piersanti used to court her a lot when they were young.
Me a Palermo citizen watching this video:😅🙈
Time to sleep. Infographics uploads video. Okay.
At least no banana guns were involded.
So in the 1800's Italy has its own version of the Wild West
My great grandpa was involved with Italian Businessmen. If I'm not mistaken, he was one. Adolfo Giannantonio. Sicilian.
I don't think the narrator understands the term "ethnically cleansed".
Maybe he thought that it sounded good.
They went after a specific ethnicity that was mixed in their population.
Is the fact they were white what triggers you?
@@jakehansen3418 I'm not "triggered", though it would appear that you might be.
They were all of the same ethnicity - perpetrators and victims - when a group of white, Catholic Sicilians kills another group of white, Catholic Sicilians that is not "ethnic cleansing" - I really shouldn't have to explain that to a functioning adult.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 no they were poor Catholics killing rich protestants it fits the definition you just don't like that word unless it pushes your agenda.
@@jakehansen3418 I don't have an agenda...you clearly do though - it's called projection.
Anyway, I've already told you that it wasn't ethnic cleansing - if you're too thick to understand that's your problem.
@@jakehansen3418 Even if it was poor Catholics killing rich Protestants it wouldn't qualify as ethnic cleansing - it'd be sectarian killing, combined with class war, but they'd need to be different ethnicities for it to be ethnic cleansing.
i am sicilian and i found this lol but not lol
I'm in the thumbnail and I don't like it
Have you seen the gore that comes out of Mexico?
I’m from NYC and the 5 mafia family’s still here ,they have changed their rackets Into legit businesses!
Ever heard of lucky luciano?
Frank the enforcer?
No? look it up. Its very interesting
some of them which you taught?!
My ears hurt listening to you slaughter all their names. There’s a a couple of mistakes in this video
When ur hear so early it says 2 hours late
Another regular video from the infographics show
picture it, Sicily 1932…".
Love my home island
Being a Sicilian is also something I’ll always take pride in.
When Italy send its people they aren’t sending their best.
i wouldnt at all.....but most americans would say the same about you
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Bruh.. stop adding videos so eeriely on topic of my life... 😅🤯😱
Mafia: there is no mafia. Capisce?
Giovanni Brusca collaborate with police. A law made by Falcone, the judge that Brusca killed blowing the highway, made Brusca a freeman a month ago.
Sad what some people if you could call them that will do for money and power. Sad...
Me: My dreams aren't weird!
My dreams: *This video title*
It is awesome to watch infographics show I like what would happen if you didn't brush you're teeth
“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse”
I think its..."I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." Ah i could be wrong.