The Secret Society of The Mob: Making a connection to organized gang stalking, electronic assaults, and psychotronic torture
The mafia, which translates to “brave men” lived by a secret code known as Omerta. The code of omerta means that an honorable man does not talk. That a “real man” does not run to the law. A real man does not talk about his confederates. He handles his own problems. It was an inviolable code adhered to within the mob and it was an oath taken not to reveal any information under any circumstances. It implied that membership to the mob came above and beyond your wife and children and everything else in your life until death.
“You know the old phrase, “The poor will always be with us.” Well, the mafia will always be with us. They’re still dangerous. They’re still lethal.” ~America’s Book of Secrets: Special Edition, Crime and Punishment
The criminal creativity of the mafia has allowed them to adapt. It has allowed them to look at something new and ask, “How can I make some money out of that?”
“They killed for power, they killed for money, they killed for revenge, they killed if the guy was an informant, they killed if guy slept with a made-members wife, and they killed if you disobeyed your boss.” The number one character trait to organized schizoids known as mafias and gangs is this; Eventually, they turn on one another. Greed and self-interest disrupt loyalty within the organization and leads to bloodshed.
At the peak of the mafia's power in the 1930s, 1940s, and 50s; the mafia was believed to be bigger than General Motors and US Steel combined. According to the FBI, the American mafia still has approximately 3,000 active members. And just like the iconic mobsters of the past, the most modern mafia's ill-gotten games still come at a price; blood, bullets, and a massive body count.
What was the secret to their strength and influence? Two things promoted the success of the mob; secrecy and violence. And violence was the grease. Violence was the fuel that drove the respect they would be given. Violence is what made the mafia effective. Except violence is a visible measure of the total lack of control one truly has over a situation and is a demonstration of a failure to introject and mourn through losses. The respect that is given to a mobster, is only given out of fear.
The masculinities that are a part of the Cosa Nostra mentality can be summed in proving two things about yourself as a man. One, that you are not a “little girl”; and two, that you will not be humiliated and made to feel like a “little boy” by another prominent male figure. In psychoanalysis, this is what is known as the Achilles Complex, and this is what spawned the violence and control the mafia would eventually gain over others.
The image that the mafia leaders projected to the public was like that of Italian senators. They dressed well, wearing the finest of clothing and jewelry. They drove nice cars and lived in well-maintained houses. They operated business and with it, carried a level of respect from the larger culture who may not have known about the “real business” they were actually involved in. This allowed them to carry an air of superiority and arrogance with them like a cloak that was to defend against the degradation of introjecting some basic principle truths. One, no one is as powerful as they liked to believe, and two, the respect these “made-men” would receive, as their image, was insincere; a false veneer. This defense mechanism defended them from losing a sense of their superior cultural identity. And if they were exposed as “little boys” then these men would resort to violence to resolve the dispute like young bullies on the playground. One of the fundamental truths based in psychoanalytic theory was that these men were not men, but in fact, little boys who didn’t know how to legitimately win or lose. This was the narcissism that promoted the dysfunction and chaos of the mafia. It was a defense against the anxiety of being or being made to feel humiliated, a “less than” or a “have not” or “weak with no power.” The riches and wealth mafia dealings would earn, brought with it respect and a system of honor. These were, after all, self “made-men.”
There is a reason America has maximum security penitentiaries with CMUs (communication management units). It’s because the worst of the worst of criminals (mostly terrorists) might communicate messages as the mafia did with the simple image of a “black hand.” Criminals housed in penitentiaries like Marion, Illinois, and Florence, Colorado, where inmates are not allowed to receive visitors and communications, locked down for 23 hours out of the 24-hour day cycle because if they did, they might promote and communicate a plan that could endanger many American lives.
Now, how can we connect the dots to the phenomenon known as the Targeted Individual (TIs) and the new uprising of a new form of “mafia.” All we have to do is compare the downfall of the South American drug trade with the uprising of the Mexican drug trade. While things change from century-to-century and from decade-to-decade, somethings never change. They just reshape and reform themselves into new forms of phenomena.
