[Marxism] US Mafia

[Les Schaffer <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

by total accident i wound up in front of television this afternoon
watching a special about gangster movies in Hollywood. the announcer
made the following claim: that during the rush of immigrants to the big
cities in the early 1900's, the Mafia was a way to make a living outside
the untenable capitalist system.

also claimed: so many banks were foreclosing on people's mortgages that
"common people" applauded the banks broken by the Mafia.

any truth to this stuff????

les schaffer


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