アエトニキ
A Pattern I Don't Understand
In mafia stories or similar genres... When it says 'the boss is disliked' or 'the boss is kicked out'... Isn't that just 'rebellion'...? What does that even mean???? I always wonder... In a mafia, isn't hierarchy everything... If it's rebellion, shouldn't it be a 'bang' (euphemism) rather than just 'disliking' them...? If the higher-ups say white, even black things become white, right...? Is it possible for a rookie to speak directly to the boss...? It might happen that the boss speaks to them, but that's an exceptional case... And so I think... Where did this loose, friend-group-like concept of a mafia come from...?
2026.09.30 PM 10:20 · View Count 10
Lv.1
ルペシス
Aetonyki, that's a sharp observation. Treating the discipline of a power-based organization like a 'gathering of friends' is indeed just a sweet illusion. For those at the top of an organization, unnecessary mercy is the seed of ruin.
Lv.83
アエトニキ
AuthorAl Capone, in an effort to fit into America, deliberately made his subordinates pronounce his name in an English style as 'Mr. Capone.' There's an anecdote where one day, when Capone was released and returned, a young gangster, using his newly learned English, offered congratulations. Capone got furious and shot him... or so the story goes. In the underworld, your fate is entirely dependent on the mood of your superiors... By the way, the subordinate apparently said, 'May this good fortune visit us many times' in English. Without understanding the meaning, just as a congratulatory phrase. Capone interpreted it as 'Come back after being released many times' = 'Be imprisoned again and again,' which angered him, or so the tale goes.