Italian mafia

Today, let's talk about a strange social phenomenon, the Italian mafia. This is one of the largest and most ingrained criminal organizations in the world. In the history of Italy, it was not that he did not want to destroy him. He had several actions to annihilate the Mafia. But none of them was completely successful. Even several times, the government lost embarrassment. For example, there is a Minister of the Interior called Spa Fanta. In many Western countries, the Ministry of the Interior is actually our Ministry of Public Security, responsible for the police. The interior minister once shouted to the country, and I want to eradicate the mafia. As a result, the words were released in the morning, and the mafia took the guy in the afternoon and broke into his office. Scared him to escape. It was not over yet. The next afternoon, the Mafia broke into his home. Fortunately, he is not there. A week later, the Mafia was at his doorstep, killing a policeman and clearly killing the chicken and the monkey. Finally he had to surrender. Such things have happened repeatedly in Italian history. This is strange. We must know that the Mafia has developed to this day and has passed hundreds of years. Before it grows, the government should have many opportunities to eliminate it. Why did you let it grow to the point of today? In fact, the Mafia is not a specific gang, but a collective name for Italian criminal organizations. There are many similar legends about the origin of the Mafia. For example, one said that the Mafia was created 1000 years ago by three Spanish knights. Because one of the knight's sisters was raped by the Spanish nobles. After revenge, the three fled to Italy and established this organization that is dedicated to the inferior people. But is this story true? According to historical records, this story is actually a trial site in 1897, and a gang of arrested gangsters were randomly selected on the spot. In fact, these statements are not true and not important. The important thing is that we have to think about a question, why is such a criminal organization able to take so long to take root in the Italian country? If this phenomenon occurs in the failed countries of the Third World, understand it. But Italy is different. It is one of the European powers, and it is highly modernized. If you have studied political science, you will know that the state wants to monopolize the right to violence. No modern national government will tolerate this phenomenon of the Mafia. So this phenomenon is quite strange. To know the true history of the Mafia, we have to return to the country of Italy itself. After understanding its special environment, you will find that the Mafia is actually the result of being used. They are a problem in themselves, but at the same time they are solutions to other problems. It is this paradoxical property that makes it grow stronger. The Apennines, where Italy is located, was once the seat of the Roman Empire. After the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, there was a long split. It is a bunch of small countries. The surrounding areas are all very strong forces, such as France, Spain, Austria, and definitely want to reach out to this divided zone. Therefore, Italy has been a long-term turmoil in history and there is no unity. If you are in a long-term turmoil, you will be poor. If poverty breeds crime, the place where criminals gather will be prone to criminal organizations. So where is the easiest place for criminals to get together? The answer is obvious, the prison. The early Mafia organization, that's it. The business is very simple and receives protection fees. Prisoners are in prison, and whatever they do, they have to pay a protection fee. According to the memories of other prisoners in the prison, even the last piece of bread left over, the Mafia had to go halfway. They have a creed called 'We make gold from fleas.' Speaking of this, you may be surprised, is there no one in prison? Prison discipline is more strict. Why would they let them do whatever they want? In fact, it is not nobody, but not capable. In the small countries that have been divided for a long time, the government functions are seriously lacking, and the police can't even send their wages. Therefore, the police had already set up an agreement with the gang, and took a share of the protection fee. In other words, the early Italian gangs were actually underground money houses of corrupt police. The prison is under the control of the Mafia, the Mafia earns money to the police, and there is also a police organization outside. During the split period, the gang has a role in the government. These small government have various kinds of enemies, that is, political prisoners at that time. In the eyes of these small governments, political prisoners are more terrible than violent criminals, but they are not willing to do it themselves. What should we do? Kill these people with the mafia in prison. Moreover, the gang is notoriously indifferent, and does not mind another crime. You see, this way, the gang has become the secret killer of the government. Then you will say, is this not the case at the time of splitting? Later, Italy was unified. How can the Italian government after the reunification still condone the Mafia? Let's see what happened at that time. In June 1860, the army led by Garibaldi, the general of the Italian Unification Movement, hit southern Italy. The small regimes in the original divided places were merged into the new government. It stands to reason that this is a good thing. Italy is one step closer to unity. But the problem is that these separatist regimes are internally chaotic. Now, due to reunification, in the face of huge changes, it must be chaos. For example, Naples, this is the largest of the Southern separatist regimes. Before reunification, the residents of the city were divided into supporters of independent royalists and support for unity. The two groups have already played. At the same time, the thief robbers in the city have long been eager to try, saying that your royalists and patriots will definitely fight on the day of reunification, so they are prepared to make a fuss. In other words, almost everyone agrees that the day of reunification must be the most chaotic day in Naples' history. The government is frightened by such a situation. However, the police force is empty and can't be managed. How to do? Can only rely on the gang again. On the day of the reunification of Naples, the Minister of the Interior reached an agreement with the gang, and all the police took a vacation. Give the policing of the whole city to the gang. Sure enough, the method worked. On the day of reunification, Naples was calm. There isn't a little punk on the street. The thief robber even took the initiative to hand over the things he had brought to the police. But don't underestimate the gang's IQ. On the day of the gang, in addition to maintaining law and order, he did another thing. That is, all the police stations and police supplies were burned. The motive is obvious, disintegrating the police force, I don't need me in the future, how can I plug me back into the bed? Now simply kill the police, no one can hold the gang in the future. This is the case in Naples. Other small divided countries in southern Italy are similar encounters. The latter thing, I guess you can guess. After the reunification of Italy, the new regime was also unstable, and the government occasionally relied on gangs to carry out criminal co-management. That is, the gang and the government manage the country together. The Mafia officially became a government partner. Although there is no express provision. The mafia took this opportunity to take root. After rooting, I want to eradicate them. How easy is it? In other words, the Italian gang, because of the problem, grows because it can solve the government problem. And they themselves have become the biggest problem of the government. This process, I have an analogy, you can understand more thoroughly. It is smoking addiction. Smoking addiction, can not be absent, we generally understand that this person has no interest, no willpower. In fact, it is not necessarily the case. You can think of smoking addiction as a mafia in our minds. We hate it, but there is no way to take him. why? Because it is not only smoking, but also destroying our body, it is still helping us. Smoking can sometimes resolve anxiety, socializing is a prop, and a person can also be cool. So why it is often ineffective to persuade people to get rid of problems. Because the problem we saw was taken away, it was equivalent to removing the solution to other problems. He has to face his problems. He is more painful and painful. He still has to return to his traditional solution according to inertia. His problems are back. The reason why the Mafia is difficult to eradicate is not because of how powerful its force is. The force of modern countries can easily sweep them away. But after the sweep? Who are the social gaps left behind? Who is going to solve the crime of the street? If the government does not have enough capacity to deal with these follow-up problems, it will not be able to eliminate the Mafia. Please note that this is the same as smoking. This is a process that is difficult to reverse once it starts. Think about how hard it is to quit smoking, and know how hard it is to get rid of the Mafia. This story tells us that when you solve a problem with one problem, you are growing up. Moreover, once you set foot on this road, maybe, there is no turning back.