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Note: there was a big crackdown on mafia also during fascism. This was one of the reason so many in the 20s went to America. Cesare Mori, the iron prefect, was responsible for this very harsh crackdown
And it was Mussolini that sent Mori after the Mafia. And all because he couldn't stand the idea that their was another power besides his in Sicily. Too bad he didn't do it more out of a sense of benevolence.
Damn, imagine if there was a video game set in late 19th century Sicily, when the mafia was still in its infancy. Open world, slightly similar to red dead redemption. You would have to extort farms, or even manage them. You could go into gambling and maybe even prostitution. Maybe you would work your way from the outskirts, and slowly make your way into the cities. Maybe at the end of the game, you, or a character close to you, would go to america. Damn the possibilities are endless lol.
You could make it a multi-generational game. Trace your family's history from its origins in Sicily to the streets of America's cities and eventually into legitimacy. As a Sicilian of love to see something like this.
When I mention I'm half Italian, people always ask if I have relatives in the mafia. And to be honest it's kinda annoying and a lil bit racist how people ask it.
@Jason Blaha’s Strength and Fatness my nonno was from Napoli and my nonna from Calabria. They met in Belgium due to immigration. And my nonna andy mom said my nonno had some connections to the mafia. In Napoli, he did some sort of illegal alcohol selling to pubs in Napoli. And gave other Italians loans if they wanted to by buy something when they couldn't at the moment. But that's about it. I only heard it after he died. Because there was always a sort of silence about that. But none the less, I always looked at him as a hero and someone who helped me with everything in life.
"And so we face Sicilians. The kind of men put on earth to test the patience of other men!" Italian General- Medieval 2 Total War One of my favorite factions!
I once had a chat with a military doctor. Among small talk there were mentioned some news related to some Mafia event. By pure coincidence. I showed discontent about gangs and these vicious circles and to my surprise this doctor suddenly opposed my point of view. "You must know that there are Mafia Bosses who try to do their best for their children and send them to very good schools". I looked at him and got the message. He did not want me to speak bad about his family. We continued to have a good conversation about other subjects and still I asked him for his ancestral home. "Calabria". I think I learned something that day and I never forget this doctor. Although we never met again.
Well, in Godfather, Michael went to college but he still ran the family business, contrary to his father’s wishes…that doctor was not at fault that his family was crooked, but he can’t stop people from thinking his family’s crooked money paid for his med school. We still have our opinions regardless of whether anyone else likes it or not! You didn’t anything that others wouldn’t have done.
@@marinazagrai1623 Michael joined the family business bc his dad was almost killed and put in the hospital. He had no intentions of joining before that
@@marinazagrai1623 this whole country is ran on crooked money. Judge all you want. Im not trying to disrespect you, but everything including our government is corrupt. You need the bad guy, so you can point your fingers, and say there's the bad guy. -Scarface
@@metalmacabre9991 I never regard discourse as disrespect unless the person is in my face (there can be no fruitful conversation online) and I never looked at govt as corrupt, in the Western countries. I escaped Communism from the former Soviet Bloc (not Russia), and you can’t imagine the corruption when the running of the state is made by an authoritarian system where no one has a say - you just go along, trying to not make waves to attract attention (remind you of our current times?). There is a level of corruption in any form of govt, but Socialism is a system which employs everybody, nobody is on welfare (those who think they will receive endless checks, Surprise!) but there is no competition and absolutely no one can have a consultancy unless you are the offspring of a member of the Party.
You cannot tell any history of Cosa Nostra without talking about Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the men that lead the first pool antimafia and the maxi process. Without them I don't know where Italy would be now. They are in the hearts and souls of every Italian
There is such a thing as bad money, anyone with common sense knows that to be a fact. You could sell people to other people and make a profit but it's bad money.
@@12vscience Taxe are the price of civilization. In in modern countries you get a lot in return: infrastructure (I'm 42 and I have never paid a single cent of toll to use roads or bridges), education (my entire education from the elementary school to university was entirely free), health care (included in my overall taxes - if I get sick, I'll get every treatment I need, and I'll also receive my wage or a substitute payment after six weeks) , pension, social security, law enforcement and internal and external security etc. pp. The mafia offers nothing in return.
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in the heart (thanks to them we had the maxi-trial and the rest for criminal association), as an Italian I can say that it’s a very good documentary 🇮🇹❤️✊
Ovviamente hai preso due like compreso il mio, eroi come i nostri due magistrati non fanno comodo alla narrativa qui presente che ci vuole dipingere solo in un certo modo, in maniera stereotipata.
starfield2 While there are a couple criminal gangs in the south of Italy, we’re a very safe country and have a very low rate of violent crime. Thanks to a series of laws and cooperation of Italian regions, our country ranks safer than countries such as the US, South Korea, Greece, and Spain.
Had a great uncle on my Sicilian side, after his death we found out him and his “associates” were funneling money from their “businesses” back to Sicily and that’s when we put the pieces together. He was a very quiet and gentle man when it came to my family and was effective at keeping his two lives separate and died of natural causes.
Good evening, Mr K&G. I'm a lawyer representing my client, Mr Marcillino and I just want to say, the video is a work of art, really well done I have to say...but.. your gonna have to take it down? we understand your daughter has her recital this week, such a voice on that little angel and my clients associates are true patrons of the arts... they wouldn't mind to visit her?... .. so do we understand each other, Mr K&G? Keep in touch, keep up the channel and we won't see that video on our *friendly associates* the Yakuza, right? Fantastic, thanks, Mr Bartelomeo.
@@chronikhiles I mean't no disrespect 主 Hashimoto-san , please send my condolences to your master and that we have no intentions to displease our *friendly associates* from the Asian-Pacific sphere. Thank you, Bartelomeo.
This is what I'm waiting for so long about the complete and detailed history of the Sicilian Mafioso. There are simply no videos out there that are explaining in extreme details about the Italian Mafia in general. So this video is just about perfect for me to understand and complete my knowledge about their notorious history. Grazie Kings and Generals.
I'm from Rome and I have Sicilian origins. It would probably be interesting (or shocking) for you to know that almost 3/4 of Mafia and 'Ndrangheta (Mafia from Calabria) boss young relatives goes to university, they usually attend masters in the best schools in order to be prepared to wisely manage the family heritage. My relatives during XIX century were Sicilian coffee enterpreneur, they left said in the family that in order to create economic surplus and let Sicily thrive you had to be whether smart enough to avoid State carcinogenic presence or violent enough to knock it out
As a Sicilian I can say this is quite interesting documentary although Mafia is much older than 1860 - that's just when Cosa Nostra emerged as a dominant power. The word "Mafia" finds roots during the Emirate of Sicily, before Norman conquest, as the Sicilian Barons were the original mafia, organized in a secret lobby to resist the invaders. You should look for something such as the Beati Paoli and the Sicilian Vespers
@@Omegaeon1 well... just "Sicilian", at the age of Sicilian Emirate, we were a cultural mix of "Siculi" and "Sicani" dominated by Carthaginians Greek and Roman culture. Nowadey Sicilian culture got some influence from Arabs, Norman and Spanish - but Mafia still survives as a "way of life" where literature level is lower.
Ma che scrive? La mafia non ha nulla a che fare con l emirato, se nasce dai baroni e dal feudalesimo questo non esisteva nella cultura e società araba. I vespri siciliani non hanno nulla a che fare con la mafia, è solo una esternazione per sminuire la storia siciliana . La parola mafia, o maffia, nasce in Toscana o in Piemonte. Le mafie, o meglio il potere del ricco e potente esiste ovunque, e in Sicilia fu istituzionalizzato dai piemontesi per tenere buona la Sicilia dopo l'invasione. Gli USA usarono i mafiosi per entrare nell'isola nella seconda guerra mondiale, dandogli un potere immenso. Oggi mafia, potere e politica, italiana, è un tutto. E chiaramente le mafie, in ogni parte del mondo, traggono manolavanza laddove esistono ignoranza e povertà incancrenita dal tempo.
fun fact: when giovanni borsellino died. my grandma heard and felt the explosion in Palermo and everytime i pass by the memorial statue on the way to the falcone borsellino airport my family makes the sign of the cross in memory of them
@@Thaumazo83 yes, most of us know what that gun represents. Though to be honest, since it's basically an ultra-close quarters shotgun, it may very well have been conceived for that purpose :D
@@francescodarcangeli4197 I agree: historically, it could well be the case that "la lupara" was invented for fighting wolves off, sure. However, I think that the wolf is extinct in Sicily today, so that if you see a lupara in 2020, well it is bound to be there for some other reasons...
I love it as per usual, just a small note, Goodfellas and the Godfather take place at two different times and at two different levels. Puzo and Coppola were creating a myth around history, like the Iliad. It took place in the late 40s and early 50s at the peak of mob power with larger than life characters and events. Scorsese was showing the ankles under the dress of that myth. The support staff, the underlings. Henry was connected but could never be a made man. It took place in the 60s, 70s and 80s to show the decline and fall of Cosa Nostra influence. Also Godfather II goes into how Italian American organized crime came about and flourished in New York City
I've just read about Sicilian language and then I see notification from Kings and Generals about Sicilian mafia. So precise and awesome documentary as usual. My thumbs up and gratulations!
The takeaway is that in the absence of a strong rule of law imposed by the state, feudalism eventually takes over. The Mafia replaced one feudal order with another. The dons were the new barrens, and unlike the old barrens who descended from Medieval gangsters, they hadn't had centuries become more refined and so were more reminiscent of Early Medieval warlords, but with guns, than the foppish type of Aristocrat of the 18th century.
That was actually going to be my next queztion but about China: why didnt cgina develop even a much much stronger mafia since they also come from a lord of war tribal militia defense organization. Or maybe we just don't talk about it that much. Or may the communist party found out a way to out an end to their power...
@@koutoubyavision4738 China has rulership that went back thousands of years. They have pretty much always had strong leadership. They still have the Triad which is pretty big but yes, the communist regime definitely snuffed out most of their power. I would imagine they have more influence in Chinatown NYC than they do in China now a days.
No, you're completely and utterly wrong! Clearly, you didn't comprehend a single word of what the presenter has meticulously explained in this video. Let me explain it again in my own words: Before the so called "modern italian state", there was peace and order in Sicily provided by the feudal land-owning barons. It was after the military annexation of Sicily by the Kingdom of Italy, including the confiscation and redistribution of land imposed by the new foreign authority, that law and order broke down. Sicily is NOT Italy. Sicily is a case in point of what will happen, if foreign and distant elites try to erase centuries of traditions and history. Whenever the self proclaimed "progressives" succeed in forcefully breaking down established social hierarchies, the consequence will be NOT a better and more just society, but the widespread emergence of crime and terrorism.
@@cmsmith1031 You're correct, the Triads power bases are now off shore mainland China such as in Hong Kong, Macao and California (San Francisco, LA in particular, check out the Tongs system)
As a Sicilian, I enjoyed this video and, as far as I know, it’s very accurate (except maybe the fact that it was far from dead after the maxi-trial and still operates today) All in all though, well done sir, well done
Yes - I think you are correct. I know the supposed death of the New England and Montreal mafias are pretty small time and more like just clearing out the deadwood. Tentacles are likely just less visible.
Could you guys consider doing a video of the Albanian mafia. They are rarely talked about, but their influence is increasing rapidly throughout Europe and North America, much like how the Italian mafia did during their reign. Great video!
In Italy we have 6 different kind of criminal organizations like Mafia. Mafia is only the name of the Sicilian one but there are also: Camorra in Campania (Neaples), Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia, 'Ndrangheta in Calabria, the Basilischi in Basilicata and the Stidda in Sicily too
@@reabetsweimanmoabi7911 the idea it's always the same but they all have different cultural roots in different regions. Before being united in 1861 Italy was divided for centuries and each region had and has a culture of its own
You missed the collaboration between the allied forces (mainly americans) and local members of the mafia during the invasion of Sicily during WW2, in exchange of big help in freeing whole cities still occupied by fascists without firing a shot they requested a lot of favours and positions, plus the pardon of arrested members
That involved a diff tegion in southern italy sicilians did not have any thing to do with that the one main mafia figure who helped the atmy was neopalitian
Antonio Perales del Hierro 1. No, I don’t try to impersonate a “real man” nor do I “kiss the ass of authoritarians” 2. America is not a continent, never has been, and it’s a name for the USA, Russia isn’t called just Russia officially, neither is China. It’s just a name used for the country minus the other stuff such as, United States, Federation, and People’s Republic. 3. A lot of countries copy the Roman Empire in some way. 4. Yes you are not wrong about the businesses taking advantage of the citizens.
@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt man i want a brain thats able to be so delusional and literally make crap up so i dont have to admit a mistake. You failed with your argument that Colombia is spelld Columbia in english.
Cosa Nostra is the Sicilian mafia, always was , always will be... the US La Cosa Nostra or LCN is a different branch .. / italian /yank mafiosi are loudmouth wannabees just living up to their hollywood stereotype bullshit.. trying to say they invented the word cosa nostra..that Michael Franzese also spreading bullshit.! ..the word " Our Thing " came about when the sicilian arbereshe told the italians..dont worry about it .. its "our thing" you would,nt understand ..referring to blood feuds etc...
@Rob Thomas Cosa Nostra has been used in Sicily since the 19th century and is still used today to describe the Sicilian Mafia.! the Calabrian mafia is Ndrangheta, Napolitan mafia , Camorra, Puglia Mafia , Corona Sacra Unita. I repeat the Sicilian mafia organisation is known as Cosa Nostra.! stop watching bullshit hollywood movies.!
That’s strangely inaccurate for the standards of this channel. Revolts in Sicily happened because there was no distribution of land among paesants and most of the seized farming lands were given to the Piedmontese upper middle class(not to the Sicilian one) , and the remaining lands stayed in Sicilian aristocratic hands. But this is not how mafia originated. The root of this phenomenon is to be searched in the expedition of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which had only 1000 regular effective in his army: while defeating bourbonic troops he increased the number in his ranks setting free people who were in bourbonic jails and organising them in regiments of skirmishers. But among them there were not just political opposers to the inefficient and corrupt bourbonic kingdom: most of them were regular criminals such as thieves, murderers, rapists and smugglers which were never sent back to jail once the war was concluded. So when Italy was made multiple bands of well armed criminals remained free and while the newly formed Italian government (with the Pica’s law) swiftly extirpated the angry mob of paesants who wanted agricultural reforms( known as brigands) paid little or no attention at all to the bands of criminals which later started calling themselves as Mafia.
Well the "standard" of the channel is not that high to be honest. They made alot of mistakes in Asian theme videos. They mostly consult and research Western sources. Not the more romanticized but still accurate Eastern Asian sources, which can lead to inaccuracies and Western-centric view on alot of things
@@robinpower6954 There's an italian saying (I'm italian): When someone asks: "Do you like the sea?" And you answer: "What sea? I don't see any sea!" Otherwise, you have seen too much and don't know when to shut up! :)
Nice study, i have visited Sicily last year it is one of the most amazing places i have visited in my life, full of history and so many influences, Sicily is not just Mafia like they present in popular culture, most of the ordinary Sicilian people don't support mafia or are against them. The Mafia is mostly phenomeon of western part of the island but in recent time it is noticebale their present also in Catania and Syracuse region, hope Sicilians will live in peace and enjoy their heavenly island.
My family is from Valguanera Caropepe, (right in the heart of Sicily) it’s sad that houses there go for around €1 nowadays because of how hopelessly mob controlled it is. I wish I could restore the beautiful island it once was.
@@AP-yx1mm that was part of the joke,also while the french were ruling and they had their own family flag spain as a country used an another flag. Also the french had the same dynasty of bourbon before they ruled spain.
Really interesting video, my compliments. One note only: by the end you give the idea that mafia has been almost eradicated with the maxi trial in the 90s. Sadly, that is not true at all. The Cosa Nostra certainly suffered a lot from those trials had to change the way it presented itself and also had to became way less agressive than it used to be. Nevertheless, it remains a powerful and diffused presence in Siciliy and has also enlarged its influence over the whole country in a less "fashionable" and more subtle way, being very much intertwined with politics and politicians all the way up to the government itself. It is to be remembered that the two judges that led the maxi trial were subsequently killed, along with many others that worked with them. Cosa Nostra is not dead at all.
Yeah, you can't kill an idea with violence. You can only educate against it. You can't kill corruption and terrorism with violence. You have to take away their hosts, through prevention and treatment. Like a disease.
the traditional Cosa Nostra was shaken up; now the criminals work more like typical cartels and triads and with those outside of Sicily, especially the N'Drangheta from eastern Italy, the world's largest cocaine dealers.
While I agree that it’s still a force in parts of Sicily, I wouldn’t say the entire country is under its influence. We here in the Veneto and most other regions are almost completely unaffected by what happens in Sicily, Calabria, and Puglia. That’s not to say that what’s happening there is not important, it’s just that most of us Italians read about it in the news but other than that see nothing of it. Every year the mafia sees blows from the Carabinieri and Polizia Locale, we can only hope
@@sebastianolmsted2867 although in the north it has not a large presence like in the south there are indictments against mafia groups (especially ndrangheta) as long as your leg in most of northern regions
Hey Kings and Generals could you next make a video or video series about Asian civilizations during early age to the modern times and how each one civilization and nations created from it played a role to the whole world's history.
@@samuelwiiliams6690 Communists are not a Jewish Conspiracy. The Communists are another type of Terrorist unconnected to the Torah and Talmud of Jewish religious texts.
Sicilians became secretive and fiercely independent because everyone was always pushing them around. You see that in places that are in geographic locations that put them in between more powerful people.
You forgot to mention how the Mafia was virtually wiped out in Sicily under Mussolini, he really got stuck into them. They only began to reemerge after the Americans invaded in 1943, among their first allies in Italy was the Sicilian mob
According to Sammy Gravano, a famous La Cosa Nostra Capitan. Mafia is the term used for Sicilian organized crime, from the Sicilian word mafiusu, which, roughly translated, means "swagger", but can also be translated as "boldness" or "bravado". In the US the La Cosa Nostra is used and means "Our Thing." Apparently, they don't like each other the Americans referring to Sicilians as "zips".
So *literally* the first mobster said, "So you need my help? I need a little help too. Now let's make sure your windows don't get broken after all this blows over."
I am in Palermo now watching. Beautifully made and explained. Grazie Mille. Thats insane that they had operated for 150 years and was just brought down 30 years ago. I will go and explore if there are some still left or hold any power
Good and informative video, just one correction : Umiltà means Humility in Italian, while the sicilian term is Omertà. Also, i suggest you do a video on the Stidda, the main enemy of Cosa Nostra in Sicily.
Great video! I liked so much the drawings and the story, but, as italian, I can tell you there are some mistakes with the pronunciations: 1) Gaspere doesn't exist as name, it must be Gaspare. Also, the final vowel 'e' is pronunced differently in italian. 2) mafioso is singular, the plural is mafiosi. 3) omertà has the accent in the final vowel When I speak english I usually make mistakes, so don't take my precisations as criticisms. I just want to be informative.
Considerably good documentary on such a difficult phenomenon. I believe the video stressed the most important factor behind this awful organised crime: A) An historical distrust against central government in the Sicilian people b) A deeply entrenched feudal economy. Traditionally Sicilians had very de-centralised forms of government and established close ties with the local feudal lords. The central authoritiy knew that and allowed Sicilian barons full autonomy to avoid revolts that posed great dangers to State stability. Indeed most changes of Monarchy in Sicilian history took place with the help of the barons. The barons enforced their rule via the "campieri", field guards as respected as hated by the laborers. When the North Italians unified the kingdom, the barons gradually started to lose terrain as they were not competitive and using ancient methods of farming. And when the barons disappeared the jobless campieri turned into thugs. Just to understand the traditional mentality, my great-grandfather used to work the land as a mezzadro, a small farmer, and always told my father how he regretted when his baron had to sell off the land. They felt lost without the landowners. In a way, those changes were too fast for being positive in such a traditional society
In 1998 My Mom was dating one of Sicilian Mafia gang members.She didn't know that he was in the mafia.They had a baby, like a couple months later, he beat up my mom and my older brother that was only a couple months old at the time and my big brother died.😭R.I.P Nicholas.
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The Allied invasion of Sicily was said to have been helped along by the Mafia. Disdainful of Mussolini's centralized fascist regime and with connections to mafioso (spurred by patriotism and opportunism) serving in the USA army, they would be a natural ally to the invaders.
Good point! Patton's soldiers were able to navigate hundreds of miles of booby trapped hills of Palermo with the assistance of the Sicilian Mafia. Lucky Luciano was the liaison between the US Army and Don Calogero, which explains why his sentence was reduced. Vito Genovese was also an employee of the AMGOT in Naples. For more information, check out The Politics of Heroin in South East Asia by Alfred McCoy. There is a chapter on Sicily, which is pretty interesting.
They also fought the Italian communist partisans during and after the war. Like in France many of the resistance fighters in Italy were communists. These events should have been mentioned in the video.
Wow, this is such a cool video, so informative. And the illustrations bring this topic to life. So few people know about the origins of the modern Mafia. I once used to read the book "Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia" from John Dickie. Have you guys used it as a source as well? It's so rich in details. Thanks for the awesome work. Not so fun fact: The italian gov had to send over 80k soldiers to sicily during the 1870s in an attempt to demonstrate government power over the mafia. They failed.
@@Ulyanov.11 I know what you're pointing at but despite my bad English, I think it's clear that I was talking about military occupation rather than a rally.
@@Ulyanov.11 It's from the book I've mentioned in the OP. It also discussed Dr. galati and his family and I thought it was quite accurately describing the 1870s in Sicily.
in my local pizza shop, I was scanning the menu and noticed that the Sicilian pizza had tandoori chicken in it, I asked the owner "who made the menu?", he said he did, I asked do you know what Sicily is, he said no. I said ok. give me cheese burger.
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@sam Ait they are mentioned in passing in couple of sources, but we don't know much about them
Note: there was a big crackdown on mafia also during fascism. This was one of the reason so many in the 20s went to America. Cesare Mori, the iron prefect, was responsible for this very harsh crackdown
Well, possible one of the few good things about fascism. Too bad they didn't eradicate mafia entirely
And it was Mussolini that sent Mori after the Mafia. And all because he couldn't stand the idea that their was another power besides his in Sicily. Too bad he didn't do it more out of a sense of benevolence.
Oleg Foucault Mussolini also drained the marshes around rome
@@TheWeedmonkey123 they did in Italy at least, the mafia reentered in Italy in 1943
Well the Mafia weren't all dead by the time they were released. So they failed.
We are now Kings and Generals and Godfathers.
That might get us killed :D
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And there was nothing we could do about it.
Damn, imagine if there was a video game set in late 19th century Sicily, when the mafia was still in its infancy. Open world, slightly similar to red dead redemption. You would have to extort farms, or even manage them. You could go into gambling and maybe even prostitution. Maybe you would work your way from the outskirts, and slowly make your way into the cities. Maybe at the end of the game, you, or a character close to you, would go to america. Damn the possibilities are endless lol.
Sounds pretty cool. I'm sure it'll get made eventually.
Lukas Aquila check out the show peaky blinders. Earl 1900s British gangs
You could make it a multi-generational game. Trace your family's history from its origins in Sicily to the streets of America's cities and eventually into legitimacy. As a Sicilian of love to see something like this.
That'd be a great prequel to the Mafia games.
Thats a great idea!
Someone made K&G an offer they couldn't refuse?
Narrow ETT or maybe the ability to go back in time to read in the libraries of Alexandria and Baghdad.
Did you hear about the Chinese Godfather?
He made him an offer he couldn't understand.
Good one!
No horse owners need apply.
i like how K&G jumps from the Catholic military orders to the crime syndicates, and potentially back again..
Tony Soprano: "There is no MAFIA! Its a stereotype, and its offensive!"
When I mention I'm half Italian, people always ask if I have relatives in the mafia. And to be honest it's kinda annoying and a lil bit racist how people ask it.
Dude, I know someone who has someone in the Camorra at least. Pagano Clan.
@Jason Blaha’s Strength and Fatness my nonno was from Napoli and my nonna from Calabria. They met in Belgium due to immigration. And my nonna andy mom said my nonno had some connections to the mafia. In Napoli, he did some sort of illegal alcohol selling to pubs in Napoli. And gave other Italians loans if they wanted to by buy something when they couldn't at the moment. But that's about it. I only heard it after he died. Because there was always a sort of silence about that. But none the less, I always looked at him as a hero and someone who helped me with everything in life.
@Jason Blaha’s Strength and Fatness You have just fat in you.
This is what Mafiosi in italy say
No bad fellas are romanticized more than *_good fellas_*.
*cackles uncontrollably*
Now go get your shinebox
you're funny
You talking you to me
@Klaidi Rubiku forget about it
"And so we face Sicilians. The kind of men put on earth to test the patience of other men!"
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One of my favorite factions!
@B Peperkorn Norman lords commanding sicilians.
Klaidi Rubiku vaffanculo
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Italians shun us cuz we rule them 😂
@@bigred6978 who
I once had a chat with a military doctor. Among small talk there were mentioned some news related to some Mafia event. By pure coincidence. I showed discontent about gangs and these vicious circles and to my surprise this doctor suddenly opposed my point of view. "You must know that there are Mafia Bosses who try to do their best for their children and send them to very good schools". I looked at him and got the message. He did not want me to speak bad about his family. We continued to have a good conversation about other subjects and still I asked him for his ancestral home. "Calabria". I think I learned something that day and I never forget this doctor. Although we never met again.
Well, in Godfather, Michael went to college but he still ran the family business, contrary to his father’s wishes…that doctor was not at fault that his family was crooked, but he can’t stop people from thinking his family’s crooked money paid for his med school. We still have our opinions regardless of whether anyone else likes it or not! You didn’t anything that others wouldn’t have done.
@@marinazagrai1623 Michael joined the family business bc his dad was almost killed and put in the hospital. He had no intentions of joining before that
so his defense for organized crime was that blood money paid for his med school
@@marinazagrai1623 this whole country is ran on crooked money. Judge all you want. Im not trying to disrespect you, but everything including our government is corrupt.
You need the bad guy, so you can point your fingers, and say there's the bad guy.
-Scarface
@@metalmacabre9991 I never regard discourse as disrespect unless the person is in my face (there can be no fruitful conversation online) and I never looked at govt as corrupt, in the Western countries. I escaped Communism from the former Soviet Bloc (not Russia), and you can’t imagine the corruption when the running of the state is made by an authoritarian system where no one has a say - you just go along, trying to not make waves to attract attention (remind you of our current times?). There is a level of corruption in any form of govt, but Socialism is a system which employs everybody, nobody is on welfare (those who think they will receive endless checks, Surprise!) but there is no competition and absolutely no one can have a consultancy unless you are the offspring of a member of the Party.
You cannot tell any history of Cosa Nostra without talking about Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the men that lead the first pool antimafia and the maxi process. Without them I don't know where Italy would be now. They are in the hearts and souls of every Italian
The first? Are you even watched the video?
@@winjiro hes talking about the first pool antimafia created by Rocco Chinnici in 1980.
Falcone, Borsellino, La Torre, Dalla Chiesa... 😢
nah mafia was based
@@mac2857 careful carrying all that cringe by yourself. Maybe you need some 4chan friends to help with that
0:42
Blacksea: Can i exist?
Kings and Generals:nO
Its sleeping with the fishes
Holy shit ahahahahaah
Caspian sea says no
Sri Lanka no!
Carribbean no
When they mentioned Luigi Barzini, my brain went like “It was Barzini.” 😂
get outta my sight ....
So just don't tell me your innocent, it insults my intelligence.
Forget about it!!!...
Same!
"I talked to Barzini"
How many series do you want to start?
Kings & Generals: yes
How many series do want finished?
Kings & Generals: Yes
And I’m here for all of them
@@TheStonedEvo same
"There is no good money or bad money. There is just money."
-Lucky Luciano
Protection money. When it's illegal it's called racketeering. When it's legal it's called taxation.
There is such a thing as bad money, anyone with common sense knows that to be a fact. You could sell people to other people and make a profit but it's bad money.
@@jaredruschell2019 Morality and money rarely mix.
@@12vscience Taxe are the price of civilization. In in modern countries you get a lot in return: infrastructure (I'm 42 and I have never paid a single cent of toll to use roads or bridges), education (my entire education from the elementary school to university was entirely free), health care (included in my overall taxes - if I get sick, I'll get every treatment I need, and I'll also receive my wage or a substitute payment after six weeks) , pension, social security, law enforcement and internal and external security etc. pp.
The mafia offers nothing in return.
Lost Ship FUCKING DING DING DING DING!!!
This comment right here my son
Anybody here after MAFIA THE OLD COUNTRY trailer?
Oh yeah. Mafia is back
no
Here's a video I can't refuse.
Nice..... 🐴
Hahah
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in the heart (thanks to them we had the maxi-trial and the rest for criminal association), as an Italian I can say that it’s a very good documentary 🇮🇹❤️✊
Ovviamente hai preso due like compreso il mio, eroi come i nostri due magistrati non fanno comodo alla narrativa qui presente che ci vuole dipingere solo in un certo modo, in maniera stereotipata.
starfield2 yes, but thanks to Falcone, Borsellino and their death, now more people is against mafia (I mean that more people isn’t neutral)
Alex 163 nope, silly foreigner, nope
RIP The Magistrat Giovanni Falcone And His Driver Murdered In The 90's By The Mafia 😐
starfield2 While there are a couple criminal gangs in the south of Italy, we’re a very safe country and have a very low rate of violent crime. Thanks to a series of laws and cooperation of Italian regions, our country ranks safer than countries such as the US, South Korea, Greece, and Spain.
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
And after the dispatching of that lop, dessert was imminent lol
Animal crackers in my soup. Oh, sorry!!!! I have this thing for Animal Crackers......
😂🤣🤣
"It was Barzini all along..."
Man, that is an offer I can't refuse!! I love cannoli!!
"he had him fired" shows a picture of a guy shot dead
Actually, I think the picture was for the next paragraph, when the substitute to carollo got shot.
he never had the makings of a varsity athlete
@@MrPingu73 got fired, you mean.
That's the actual meaning, "fired"
nice
Godfather 2 goes back to roughly 1900. One of the greatest films of all time.
Not as good as Godfather tho
@@curranfrank2854 not as good as Goodfellas tho
@@bettercallvenky That's valid, I don't agree tho
@@curranfrank2854 respect your opinion 🤝🏼
@@bettercallvenky I prefer Godfather, old times the good days
Had a great uncle on my Sicilian side, after his death we found out him and his “associates” were funneling money from their “businesses” back to Sicily and that’s when we put the pieces together. He was a very quiet and gentle man when it came to my family and was effective at keeping his two lives separate and died of natural causes.
Welcome to Italy. You're more than welcome to join the Sicilian family.
Buy a house, live in Palermo, find a beautiful wife. Get into the business.
Join them
@@restartedv69 no thanks 😂
@@restartedv69 are you kidding they're criminals
@@antoniotonino3383 serious?
Good evening, Mr K&G.
I'm a lawyer representing my client, Mr Marcillino and I just want to say, the video is a work of art, really well done I have to say...but.. your gonna have to take it down?
we understand your daughter has her recital this week, such a voice on that little angel and my clients associates are true patrons of the arts... they wouldn't mind to visit her?...
.. so do we understand each other, Mr K&G?
Keep in touch, keep up the channel and we won't see that video on our *friendly associates* the Yakuza, right?
Fantastic,
thanks, Mr Bartelomeo.
Someone call Helena Bertinelli. She will solve this.
Truly an offer we can't refuse.
Our noble organisation's name is spelt "Yakuza". We shall forgive the error this time out of respect for our Italian friends.
- Hashimoto-san
I thought that Mafiosi stopped such treats after Giorno Giovanna took over the syndicate (Yes, it is a Jojo's reference, Vento Aureo)
@@chronikhiles
I mean't no disrespect 主 Hashimoto-san , please send my condolences to your master and that we have no intentions to displease our *friendly associates* from the Asian-Pacific sphere.
Thank you, Bartelomeo.
This is what I'm waiting for so long about the complete and detailed history of the Sicilian Mafioso.
There are simply no videos out there that are explaining in extreme details about the Italian Mafia in general.
So this video is just about perfect for me to understand and complete my knowledge about their notorious history.
Grazie Kings and Generals.
I'm from Rome and I have Sicilian origins. It would probably be interesting (or shocking) for you to know that almost 3/4 of Mafia and 'Ndrangheta (Mafia from Calabria) boss young relatives goes to university, they usually attend masters in the best schools in order to be prepared to wisely manage the family heritage. My relatives during XIX century were Sicilian coffee enterpreneur, they left said in the family that in order to create economic surplus and let Sicily thrive you had to be whether smart enough to avoid State carcinogenic presence or violent enough to knock it out
One day the civilians wanted protection
So..
Badabing badaboom it was made
Yo that shit cracked me up dude
Eeeeiiiiii!😆
Ryan Prentice thanks lol
LMAO
From protection to protection racket there is only a small step. After all, power corrupts...
As a Sicilian I can say this is quite interesting documentary although Mafia is much older than 1860 - that's just when Cosa Nostra emerged as a dominant power. The word "Mafia" finds roots during the Emirate of Sicily, before Norman conquest, as the Sicilian Barons were the original mafia, organized in a secret lobby to resist the invaders. You should look for something such as the Beati Paoli and the Sicilian Vespers
Slerro
Really ? They are greeks or what ?
@@Omegaeon1 well... just "Sicilian", at the age of Sicilian Emirate, we were a cultural mix of "Siculi" and "Sicani" dominated by Carthaginians Greek and Roman culture. Nowadey Sicilian culture got some influence from Arabs, Norman and Spanish - but Mafia still survives as a "way of life" where literature level is lower.
@@Slerro di unni si combà?
@@benitodifrancesco7254 di Catania ‘mbare 😂
Ma che scrive? La mafia non ha nulla a che fare con l emirato, se nasce dai baroni e dal feudalesimo questo non esisteva nella cultura e società araba. I vespri siciliani non hanno nulla a che fare con la mafia, è solo una esternazione per sminuire la storia siciliana . La parola mafia, o maffia, nasce in Toscana o in Piemonte. Le mafie, o meglio il potere del ricco e potente esiste ovunque, e in Sicilia fu istituzionalizzato dai piemontesi per tenere buona la Sicilia dopo l'invasione. Gli USA usarono i mafiosi per entrare nell'isola nella seconda guerra mondiale, dandogli un potere immenso. Oggi mafia, potere e politica, italiana, è un tutto. E chiaramente le mafie, in ogni parte del mondo, traggono manolavanza laddove esistono ignoranza e povertà incancrenita dal tempo.
fun fact: when giovanni borsellino died. my grandma heard and felt the explosion in Palermo and everytime i pass by the memorial statue on the way to the falcone borsellino airport my family makes the sign of the cross in memory of them
You guys are so Sicilian I thought my family was the only ones that do the sign of the cross wen passing a cemetery
@@Happygrowercbris420 mine as well.
Paolo Borsellino. Giovanni Falcone died some time before also in an explosion,
That really is funny.
That is just a force of habit for me, I am not religious and I still sign the cross near a cemetery.
When the Continentali ask Sicilians, why they have sawn off shotguns.
They answer 'is for hunting wolves..lots of wolves in sicily'
The notorious "lupara"
@Frits Bos I agree, I think that most Italians (la maggior parte degli italiani) know what a "lupara" is and by whom it is used and for what purposes.
@@Thaumazo83 yes, most of us know what that gun represents. Though to be honest, since it's basically an ultra-close quarters shotgun, it may very well have been conceived for that purpose :D
@@francescodarcangeli4197 I agree: historically, it could well be the case that "la lupara" was invented for fighting wolves off, sure. However, I think that the wolf is extinct in Sicily today, so that if you see a lupara in 2020, well it is bound to be there for some other reasons...
CONTINENTAL ITALIAN MAFIA IS THOUHGER THAN SICILIAN
Series about the Holy Orders:
Sicilian Mafia
I love it as per usual, just a small note, Goodfellas and the Godfather take place at two different times and at two different levels. Puzo and Coppola were creating a myth around history, like the Iliad. It took place in the late 40s and early 50s at the peak of mob power with larger than life characters and events. Scorsese was showing the ankles under the dress of that myth. The support staff, the underlings. Henry was connected but could never be a made man. It took place in the 60s, 70s and 80s to show the decline and fall of Cosa Nostra influence.
Also Godfather II goes into how Italian American organized crime came about and flourished in New York City
All three of The Godfather movies from based of the novel by Mario Puzo
This is a bit more modern than I'm used to haha, Thank you for making content so I won't go insane during this quarantine
I've just read about Sicilian language and then I see notification from Kings and Generals about Sicilian mafia. So precise and awesome documentary as usual. My thumbs up and gratulations!
My congratulations on using a word new to me.
@@porkchopspapi5757 😁
😂 people are here after new Mafia game teaser
“Hard to sit down and learn” ok guess this was written before lockdown
TP1 so true..
The takeaway is that in the absence of a strong rule of law imposed by the state, feudalism eventually takes over. The Mafia replaced one feudal order with another. The dons were the new barrens, and unlike the old barrens who descended from Medieval gangsters, they hadn't had centuries become more refined and so were more reminiscent of Early Medieval warlords, but with guns, than the foppish type of Aristocrat of the 18th century.
That was actually going to be my next queztion but about China: why didnt cgina develop even a much much stronger mafia since they also come from a lord of war tribal militia defense organization. Or maybe we just don't talk about it that much. Or may the communist party found out a way to out an end to their power...
@@koutoubyavision4738 China has rulership that went back thousands of years. They have pretty much always had strong leadership. They still have the Triad which is pretty big but yes, the communist regime definitely snuffed out most of their power. I would imagine they have more influence in Chinatown NYC than they do in China now a days.
No, you're completely and utterly wrong! Clearly, you didn't comprehend a single word of what the presenter has meticulously explained in this video. Let me explain it again in my own words: Before the so called "modern italian state", there was peace and order in Sicily provided by the feudal land-owning barons. It was after the military annexation of Sicily by the Kingdom of Italy, including the confiscation and redistribution of land imposed by the new foreign authority, that law and order broke down. Sicily is NOT Italy. Sicily is a case in point of what will happen, if foreign and distant elites try to erase centuries of traditions and history. Whenever the self proclaimed "progressives" succeed in forcefully breaking down established social hierarchies, the consequence will be NOT a better and more just society, but the widespread emergence of crime and terrorism.
@yabghus WOW! That's a really chilling revelation! Thanks for this extra context.
@@cmsmith1031 You're correct, the Triads power bases are now off shore mainland China such as in Hong Kong, Macao and California (San Francisco, LA in particular, check out the Tongs system)
Thanks
_"My father's name was Antonio Andolini ... and this is for you!"_
don Ciccio, I have the same name as him (Τσιτσιος)
figghio debbotttanaa
@@subashgrg4666 you don't have the highest IQ do you?
Nano92 “fly me to the bookstoreeeee”
@@Ophrys_Apifera_Bee.orchid really?
As a Sicilian, I enjoyed this video and, as far as I know, it’s very accurate (except maybe the fact that it was far from dead after the maxi-trial and still operates today) All in all though, well done sir, well done
Yes - I think you are correct. I know the supposed death of the New England and Montreal mafias are pretty small time and more like just clearing out the deadwood. Tentacles are likely just less visible.
"You can rule by fear or you can rule by love, remember that if your ever in charge”
i will. thanks
Could you guys consider doing a video of the Albanian mafia. They are rarely talked about, but their influence is increasing rapidly throughout Europe and North America, much like how the Italian mafia did during their reign. Great video!
In Italy we have 6 different kind of criminal organizations like Mafia. Mafia is only the name of the Sicilian one but there are also: Camorra in Campania (Neaples), Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia, 'Ndrangheta in Calabria, the Basilischi in Basilicata and the Stidda in Sicily too
Siii
Why so much organized crime in Italy?
@@reabetsweimanmoabi7911 the idea it's always the same but they all have different cultural roots in different regions. Before being united in 1861 Italy was divided for centuries and each region had and has a culture of its own
Here after the Mafia: Old Country announcement.
Kings and Generals was like "I'm gonna make them a video they can't refuse."
Me: Wait what...
Yeah, why tho?
You again
the origins of South Italys mafia generally comes of Osso Mastrosso and Carcagnosso , the 3 knights myth
Spain the cradle of the mafia
You missed the collaboration between the allied forces (mainly americans) and local members of the mafia during the invasion of Sicily during WW2, in exchange of big help in freeing whole cities still occupied by fascists without firing a shot they requested a lot of favours and positions, plus the pardon of arrested members
@@Microphunktv-jb3kj The distinction can get a bit fuzzy, especially in places like Ferguson.
You had to add the *mainly Americans* point in there dident you. Give America a break godamn
Well yes, sicilian mafia was really prominant in the USA, not in other allied countries
I was just being specific, i'm not anti-american or anything
That involved a diff tegion in southern italy sicilians did not have any thing to do with that the one main mafia figure who helped the atmy was neopalitian
Antonio Perales del Hierro 1. No, I don’t try to impersonate a “real man” nor do I “kiss the ass of authoritarians”
2. America is not a continent, never has been, and it’s a name for the USA, Russia isn’t called just Russia officially, neither is China. It’s just a name used for the country minus the other stuff such as, United States, Federation, and People’s Republic.
3. A lot of countries copy the Roman Empire in some way.
4. Yes you are not wrong about the businesses taking advantage of the citizens.
Impressive video! I needed this for a school project- really helpful THANK YOU!
Good luck!
the background music sounds like something straight out of legend of zelda games. love it! and the video!
Its funny how they used the Sopranos characters for the mafia stylized image.
That's so plebs like you can connect.
Colanna: Either you die a hero or live long enough to become the villain
Quoting The Dark Knight I see
Lalvon Zelpharr Indeed he is.
Ron White: "I believe if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade, then find a guy, whose life has given him vodka and throw a party."
I love how Chicago is in Canada and Colombia is spelled “Columbia”
It's so fun when people misspell the name of your country
@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt Because the name of the country Colombia is still Colombia in english.
Not that big of a deal to write it correctly either.
CHY NAH
@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt dude stop talking they are right - despite the fact that this discussion is unnecessary as always.
@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt man i want a brain thats able to be so delusional and literally make crap up so i dont have to admit a mistake. You failed with your argument that Colombia is spelld Columbia in english.
Cosa Nostra only refers to the American sect of the mafia, "our thing" They started using that term around Lucky Lucianos time. Great video all in all
This is false. True, an american Cosa Nostra exists, but "our thing" comes from the times of early Italian unification.
That's simply not true
Cosa nostra is mafia in Sicily, that's where it started and where it ended, it's the only cosa nostra that existed, toto Riina was the boss of that
Cosa Nostra is the Sicilian mafia, always was , always will be... the US La Cosa Nostra or LCN is a different branch .. / italian /yank mafiosi are loudmouth wannabees just living up to their hollywood stereotype bullshit.. trying to say they invented the word cosa nostra..that Michael Franzese also spreading bullshit.! ..the word " Our Thing " came about when the sicilian arbereshe told the italians..dont worry about it .. its "our thing" you would,nt understand ..referring to blood feuds etc...
@Rob Thomas Cosa Nostra has been used in Sicily since the 19th century and is still used today to describe the Sicilian Mafia.! the Calabrian mafia is Ndrangheta, Napolitan mafia , Camorra, Puglia Mafia , Corona Sacra Unita. I repeat the Sicilian mafia organisation is known as Cosa Nostra.! stop watching bullshit hollywood movies.!
This and Fall of Civilizations are two truly great channels !
Loved the background music....
name?
Man of culture, I understand
@@bakr6405 up
Would you ever do a history video focused on Sicily? From Roman, or even before until recent times.
I think there will be at least 1 video in the near future that you will enjoy!
@@KingsandGenerals I can't wait. Your channel is phenomenal.
@@KingsandGenerals A video on Syracouse!
Love to Italy ❤ from Bulgaria.
That’s strangely inaccurate for the standards of this channel. Revolts in Sicily happened because there was no distribution of land among paesants and most of the seized farming lands were given to the Piedmontese upper middle class(not to the Sicilian one) , and the remaining lands stayed in Sicilian aristocratic hands. But this is not how mafia originated. The root of this phenomenon is to be searched in the expedition of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which had only 1000 regular effective in his army: while defeating bourbonic troops he increased the number in his ranks setting free people who were in bourbonic jails and organising them in regiments of skirmishers. But among them there were not just political opposers to the inefficient and corrupt bourbonic kingdom: most of them were regular criminals such as thieves, murderers, rapists and smugglers which were never sent back to jail once the war was concluded. So when Italy was made multiple bands of well armed criminals remained free and while the newly formed Italian government (with the Pica’s law) swiftly extirpated the angry mob of paesants who wanted agricultural reforms( known as brigands) paid little or no attention at all to the bands of criminals which later started calling themselves as Mafia.
There's also the sulfur mines correlating with Mafia activity. See Paolo Buonanno
Why do they call themselves "Mafia" though? How did that term appear?
Well the "standard" of the channel is not that high to be honest. They made alot of mistakes in Asian theme videos. They mostly consult and research Western sources. Not the more romanticized but still accurate Eastern Asian sources, which can lead to inaccuracies and Western-centric view on alot of things
@@mikaelborhzka7627 Quick search tells me that mafia is an old sicilian word meaning "boldness".
brigantaggio hasn't one cause. It's a complex phenomenon
At 9:41 the "law" is not humility but "omertà", which means "to remain silent".
That's not exactly what omerta means
It's kind of like, "keeping your mouth closed when you should .."
Otherwise, we would ALL be fasting lol
@@robinpower6954 There's an italian saying (I'm italian):
When someone asks: "Do you like the sea?"
And you answer: "What sea? I don't see any sea!"
Otherwise, you have seen too much and don't know when to shut up! :)
@@pid8307 very telling
Beautiful work, thank you so much 😘😘😘😘😘😘
I would love to see a video on the
"Matranga family" and/or "Matranga crime family" out of New Orleans.
0:40 Cool video, but I don’t think Chicago is on the shores of Hudson Bay
Lol
And it’s spelt Colombia
Best you tube channel by far!
I love this channel, and being a Sicilian, I’m very interested
Nice study, i have visited Sicily last year it is one of the most amazing places i have visited in my life, full of history and so many influences, Sicily is not just Mafia like they present in popular culture, most of the ordinary Sicilian people don't support mafia or are against them. The Mafia is mostly phenomeon of western part of the island but in recent time it is noticebale their present also in Catania and Syracuse region, hope Sicilians will live in peace and enjoy their heavenly island.
Both Catania and Syracuse is controlled by certain families for a long time now unfortunately...
I am italian and I am impressed about the accuracy of your work
Sadly this video lacks all the history during fascism, and the return of mafia to power thanks to WWII. They should make a part 2 video.
Questo video è tutto, tranne che accurato. This video is most definitely not accurate.
Are you serious? This was terrible. 🤦♂️
Now we’re talking! A whole video on my countrymen 👏👏 Interesting content and history here 👍
Keep up with the great videos you always have produced, on to 1.500.000 subscribers we go
We will get there :-)
@@KingsandGenerals At this rate it'll be at least 6.000.000 at the end of the year ;)
Unfortunately, at best it will be around 2.000.000 :-)
We'll see
My family is from Valguanera Caropepe, (right in the heart of Sicily) it’s sad that houses there go for around €1 nowadays because of how hopelessly mob controlled it is. I wish I could restore the beautiful island it once was.
Why so cheap? Wouldn't it being so cheap bring in tons of people? Gentrification and all that?
@@ianlilley2577 is so cheap because people want desperately to get the heck out
@@yaylah7314 yes and you need to keep it for years by contract
@@romanpecora567 hey i have greek italian discord server if interested to join send me your discord account with tag
3:26 :"Spanish" * *shows a french flag* *
My portuguese ass: "O greșeală ușor de înțeles, eu vreu doar să glumesc un pic."
That's romanina though... But the spanish dynasty was french...
@@AP-yx1mm that was part of the joke,also while the french were ruling and they had their own family flag spain as a country used an another flag.
Also the french had the same dynasty of bourbon before they ruled spain.
How a portuguese would REALLY reply: VAI-TE F*DER FRANCIU DE M*RDA!
@@RodolfoGaming true, but i am romanian and that was only a joke.
@@alexandrub8786 i got it dw i just thought that by being portuguese i'd give out the real answer. Wanna guess what it says?
Really interesting video, my compliments.
One note only: by the end you give the idea that mafia has been almost eradicated with the maxi trial in the 90s. Sadly, that is not true at all. The Cosa Nostra certainly suffered a lot from those trials had to change the way it presented itself and also had to became way less agressive than it used to be. Nevertheless, it remains a powerful and diffused presence in Siciliy and has also enlarged its influence over the whole country in a less "fashionable" and more subtle way, being very much intertwined with politics and politicians all the way up to the government itself.
It is to be remembered that the two judges that led the maxi trial were subsequently killed, along with many others that worked with them. Cosa Nostra is not dead at all.
Yeah, you can't kill an idea with violence. You can only educate against it. You can't kill corruption and terrorism with violence. You have to take away their hosts, through prevention and treatment. Like a disease.
Very intersting.. Thanks for the information. I'm going to have to go read more about this.
the traditional Cosa Nostra was shaken up; now the criminals work more like typical cartels and triads and with those outside of Sicily, especially the N'Drangheta from eastern Italy, the world's largest cocaine dealers.
While I agree that it’s still a force in parts of Sicily, I wouldn’t say the entire country is under its influence. We here in the Veneto and most other regions are almost completely unaffected by what happens in Sicily, Calabria, and Puglia. That’s not to say that what’s happening there is not important, it’s just that most of us Italians read about it in the news but other than that see nothing of it. Every year the mafia sees blows from the Carabinieri and Polizia Locale, we can only hope
@@sebastianolmsted2867 although in the north it has not a large presence like in the south there are indictments against mafia groups (especially ndrangheta) as long as your leg in most of northern regions
I’m taking a look at the history here because of the reveal of Mafia The Old Country
Same here
Was just about to say that too
Hey Kings and Generals could you next make a video or video series about Asian civilizations during early age to the modern times and how each one civilization and nations created from it played a role to the whole world's history.
My prediction: The British Opium wars won’y be part of this series.
Nor the Jewish red mafia.
@@samuelwiiliams6690 Communists are not a Jewish Conspiracy. The Communists are another type of Terrorist unconnected to the Torah and Talmud of Jewish religious texts.
@@covenawhite4855 Oh you think its religion...oh...
@@covenawhite4855 Sure sure..thats why 70%of the original regime comprised of them..
Wasn't the guy who started the opium war also a Jew?
Sicilians became secretive and fiercely independent because everyone was always pushing them around. You see that in places that are in geographic locations that put them in between more powerful people.
from alexander to cosa nostra, what a time to be alive
You forgot to mention how the Mafia was virtually wiped out in Sicily under Mussolini, he really got stuck into them. They only began to reemerge after the Americans invaded in 1943, among their first allies in Italy was the Sicilian mob
great vid!
IT WAS YOU FREDO, YOU BROKE MY HEART
According to Sammy Gravano, a famous La Cosa Nostra Capitan. Mafia is the term used for Sicilian organized crime, from the Sicilian word mafiusu, which, roughly translated, means "swagger", but can also be translated as "boldness" or "bravado".
In the US the La Cosa Nostra is used and means "Our Thing." Apparently, they don't like each other the Americans referring to Sicilians as "zips".
Nice! More videos like this please!
So *literally* the first mobster said, "So you need my help? I need a little help too. Now let's make sure your windows don't get broken after all this blows over."
Hmmm, Mayor on the take and Police Chief part of Mob? Sounds like my hometown of Chicago!
Sounds like my home town too.
You know man Mafia has great succes all over the world, like pizza
I am in Palermo now watching. Beautifully made and explained. Grazie Mille. Thats insane that they had operated for 150 years and was just brought down 30 years ago. I will go and explore if there are some still left or hold any power
2:48 - I didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along
Good and informative video, just one correction : Umiltà means Humility in Italian, while the sicilian term is Omertà.
Also, i suggest you do a video on the Stidda, the main enemy of Cosa Nostra in Sicily.
Great video! I liked so much the drawings and the story, but, as italian, I can tell you there are some mistakes with the pronunciations:
1) Gaspere doesn't exist as name, it must be Gaspare. Also, the final vowel 'e' is pronunced differently in italian.
2) mafioso is singular, the plural is mafiosi.
3) omertà has the accent in the final vowel
When I speak english I usually make mistakes, so don't take my precisations as criticisms. I just want to be informative.
Considerably good documentary on such a difficult phenomenon. I believe the video stressed the most important factor behind this awful organised crime: A) An historical distrust against central government in the Sicilian people b) A deeply entrenched feudal economy. Traditionally Sicilians had very de-centralised forms of government and established close ties with the local feudal lords. The central authoritiy knew that and allowed Sicilian barons full autonomy to avoid revolts that posed great dangers to State stability. Indeed most changes of Monarchy in Sicilian history took place with the help of the barons. The barons enforced their rule via the "campieri", field guards as respected as hated by the laborers. When the North Italians unified the kingdom, the barons gradually started to lose terrain as they were not competitive and using ancient methods of farming. And when the barons disappeared the jobless campieri turned into thugs. Just to understand the traditional mentality, my great-grandfather used to work the land as a mezzadro, a small farmer, and always told my father how he regretted when his baron had to sell off the land. They felt lost without the landowners. In a way, those changes were too fast for being positive in such a traditional society
Great series. Hope one day you come back to some lesser known (but also famous) crime syndicates such as the brazilian factions and african warlords
Whos here after the Mafia The Old Country trailee
I wanted to comment on this video but remembered my oath of silence
In 1998 My Mom was dating one of Sicilian Mafia gang members.She didn't know that he was in the mafia.They had a baby, like a couple months later, he beat up my mom and my older brother that was only a couple months old at the time and my big brother died.😭R.I.P Nicholas.
She knew
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I live in a small village where the day ends when the sun goes down
And there is no sound in the darkness of the night that shares the sounds of shy night creatures except the sound of your channel while you are talking about great and interesting events.
In the morning, when I am tired from work, I sit down and gather the curious little ones around me and tell them the stories you told me.
It is as if your channel comes to me from the edge of the mysterious cosmic night telling me grandparents' stories to tell the children in the morning
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if you read any of Mario Puzo"s books he always referred to the mafia as the Friends of friends
Who is here after watched teaser of Mafia 4 old country?
The artist is really, really good at saving time.
The Allied invasion of Sicily was said to have been helped along by the Mafia. Disdainful of Mussolini's centralized fascist regime and with connections to mafioso (spurred by patriotism and opportunism) serving in the USA army, they would be a natural ally to the invaders.
Good point! Patton's soldiers were able to navigate hundreds of miles of booby trapped hills of Palermo with the assistance of the Sicilian Mafia. Lucky Luciano was the liaison between the US Army and Don Calogero, which explains why his sentence was reduced. Vito Genovese was also an employee of the AMGOT in Naples. For more information, check out The Politics of Heroin in South East Asia by Alfred McCoy. There is a chapter on Sicily, which is pretty interesting.
They also fought the Italian communist partisans during and after the war. Like in France many of the resistance fighters in Italy were communists. These events should have been mentioned in the video.
@@thomasmarren2354 Because it is almost a myth
Wow, this is such a cool video, so informative. And the illustrations bring this topic to life. So few people know about the origins of the modern Mafia. I once used to read the book "Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia" from John Dickie. Have you guys used it as a source as well? It's so rich in details. Thanks for the awesome work.
Not so fun fact: The italian gov had to send over 80k soldiers to sicily during the 1870s in an attempt to demonstrate government power over the mafia. They failed.
Damn, what was that demonstration called? I need to read about that
@@Ulyanov.11 I know what you're pointing at but despite my bad English, I think it's clear that I was talking about military occupation rather than a rally.
@@UnbekannterSoldat74 Yeah, I know. I still can't find anything about it though
@@Ulyanov.11 It's from the book I've mentioned in the OP. It also discussed Dr. galati and his family and I thought it was quite accurately describing the 1870s in Sicily.
@@UnbekannterSoldat74 Ah, alright. I'll look into it. Thank you
in my local pizza shop, I was scanning the menu and noticed that the Sicilian pizza had tandoori chicken in it, I asked the owner "who made the menu?", he said he did, I asked do you know what Sicily is, he said no.
I said ok. give me cheese burger.