@@Shecksballin I'm not saying he's always used it. I assure you most TH-camrs are using ChatGPT at the very least for video brainstorming and concepts... you would be stupid not too
It's a rare talent to not only getting away with an offhand Jimmy Savile joke, but also with not bothering to explain to the non-British audience. Well done!
My family came from Sicily in 1909. I asked my dad in my teens about the mafia and he just said that's something you don't talk about. Never asked again.
Italian here. My roots are in Sicily and Calabria. I want to start by complimenting the effort you put in this work. I want to give you all an update on the situation about the italian most powerful mafia in the present. Now in Sicily there is less presence of the old mafia but, in Calabria (another region in the south italy), we see the presence of the "n'drangheta", one of the most powerful criminal organization in Europe. The scary fact about this organization is that they don't call themselves " families ", they are families, and the new generations of these crime families are now being raised to be lawyers, accountants or bankers, in short, what scares us about the n'drangheta is that it is evolving, adapting and it is extremely difficult to stop an organization with so many branches in contexts ranging from criminal to legitimate business. There is no good mafia. The true Italians will always raise against the oppressors.
The n’drangheta is working with Latin American syndicates and Chinese drug labs to flood America with fentanyl. It’s destroying the country and fuels a lot of the illegal immigration. It’s as rich and powerful as a country.
Been to sicily myself, travelled around, met people who were "in a family", and I am not denying that there are full on "professional" families there, I know that most of them are just small groups of little street gangs, doing anything from small time extortions and racketeering to big time kidnapping and political assassinations. But they frequently go to jail. The italian mafia never was as untouchable as the cosa nostra in america (at least for a few short decades of "glory")
i used to watch these kinds of vids and documentaries and such on youtube and on netflix often while doing high school home work and what i like to do or if i am bored asf . those old time mafiosos were badass and wild . very interesting indeeed though
@@themonkeyman2790 makes sense... Wasn't alliteration for chaps that side of the pond like the linguistic & literary zest, the joie de vivre of English tongues at one time? At least until it was supplanted by rhyme?
Man, Rudy Juliani continues to surprise me more and more. I honestly wondered why that guy was such a big name in politics. But hearing for the first time that he was helping to fight the Mafia back in the day, is quite the surprise for me.
@@cidfacetious3722 The media in a nutshell, they show and tell you about stuff that is only serves to paint people in a negative light. Definitely need to do more research on people before saying anything.
He also was mayor of New York when 9/11 happened and as I remember was pretty unanimously agreed to have handled that situation about as well as anyone could be expected to. I think that was a big part of what made him so well known for a while
My ex wife's grand mother in the 1930's bumped into a man on a country road while driving her horse and wagon. She described the man driving a large black sedan that he was a sharp dresser with very good looks. They chatted for a bit and she said the man was quite polite and respectful. It was later learned that the man was Al Capone who had built a small cabin in the local area. Grandma passed at 98 but she had never forgotten that charming man on a country road. LOL. Supposedly his cabin still stand and not sure who owns it and it is a very eery place, the cabin is abandoned so anyone can take a quick tour if you can find it. Cheers!
Mafia history is absolutely interesting. In Minnesota, the Twin Cities area has an absolutely interesting history as being both a haven, and a crack down area. Mobsters who fled there from Chicago had a hell of a hay day there. It is often overlooked, but is an incredibly important area to the over arching story.
I've seen a lot of videos on this topic, but this managed to present a new perspective and explained some details, that all the other videos missed! I loved it!🥰
It would have been also worth mentioning that Charles Luciano actually played a role in helping the allies win WWII by helping the US gather intelligence through his ties with the Italian mafia.
Thoughty2 I really hope you see this I only found your videos around 3 weeks ago there so so sooo well done and ur humour is spot on I’ve watched so many and u have saved me In some very very cold mornings in Iceland (sorry if this didn’t make sense my English isn’t great and this was from Google translate)
Two of my distant relatives were associated with Carlos Marcelo in New Orleans. One ran a book making operation that brought in a lot of gambling revenue. The other had a chain of record stores as well as record manufacturing company. The stores didn’t seem to have much business but sure were profitable. Obviously a money laundering operation that existed for a long time. Uncle Stan offered me a job at one of the stores as a teenager. My mother absolutely put a stop to any notion I’d work for him. She didn’t explain until I got older why I couldn’t work for him. Family lore also held that both relatives confirmed indirectly that Marcelo masterminded the assassination of JFK though they had no direct involvement.
@VP Editz they were everywhere really, Missouri moonshiners sold their wares in all the surrounding states, a good portion of it to the mob,a lot to the Native Americans too! Their influence is everywhere, we should totally revive the Mob, I was surprised to hear they still have 3,000 operating members, probably went into government, now they're the land owners and it's our turn!
@VP Editz yeah I'm talking 1920s-late 40s just mentioning it because it's an obscure part of the story that a lot of people aren't aware of and it still influences the culture today.
Hi man, I've been watching your channel for years and I wantwd to say that your content is amazing, I can spend hours back to back watcjing your videos and it is fire 🔥 keep up the good work
I’m italian and this video is great. I’m sorry in the name of italians for all of this things around the world, this happen today in Italy in a different way but we are not only the spaghetti mafia bosses or all the stereotypes around
I'm not sorry at all. They discriminated and lynched us, we didn't have nobody protecting us and so we reacted and the WASPs got what was coming to them. Hope they learned their lesson not to fuck with us
My grandfather was the director of finance at Columbia St. Mary's hospital on Milwaukee's upper East side in the 1970s. In that position, he once helped one of the older members of the Balistreri family pay cash, in full in one lump sum, for a surgery he needed. Generally, that was not how the hospital did business, and initially, there was a lot of balking at this, I'm told. So it was a big deal that my grandfather stepped in and personally took care of the transaction. It was all above board on my grandfather's part, btw; He was a good German Catholic farm boy who was very loyal to the nuns who ran the hospital. But there after, whenever that Balistreri family member saw my grandfather, which was moderately often as my grandfather often had lunch at a Balistreri owned restaurant (They still own restaurants in Milwaukee) near the hospital, he called my grandfather "Kenny," with great affection, and bought him lunch. My grandfather was in his mid forties at the time and hadn't gone by "Kenny" since he was a small child, but he didn't dare correct the man! Haha!
@Muhammad the Prophet first, the story was about how my grandfather, a good, honest man who was just doing his job, unintentionally became friends with a member of the crime family, and not how he saved a life, criminal or otherwise. Second, hospitals and doctors exist to save lives without judgment. Third, then and now, the Balistreri's had legitimate businesses that provided legitimate services to the people of the city. This man was not a crime boss, he was related through blood, not marriage, or simply a member of the family, organization, but blood, but otherwise we do not know that he himself ever committed any crime or murder, even indirectly. Are we to assume he is guilty just because he is related? Was Hitler's sister guilty of murder just because she was related to a murderer? But finally, to reiterate, the mission of the Catholic nuns, and therefore the hospital, was to provide treatment and care without judgement for sins; judgment was for God. My grandfather, who spent his entire career working for CHARITABLE Catholic hospitals, never for-profit hospitals, was just doing his job by handling a legitimate, albeit abnormal, transaction. He was not the doctor who performed the surgery, but even if he were, how dare you compare him to Hitler's doctor! It is not the same at all. And you're a self-righteous idiot for misunderstanding the point of the story in the first place.
I for one found this an interesting story, your grandfather sounds like an interesting and inherently good guy. No need to justify such a wild comparison, even mentioning the name of such a murderous dictator is a bit disrespectful to the OP and their family. Thank you for sharing 😊
@@alexislaisney3404 he was with all the Drugs he supplied to the dude , I can’t get my doctor to subscribe anything as good , speed , cocaine , morphine , what a Doctor
This entry made on 1/30/'23. I remember reading about this historical backbround in 1960, when I was twelve years old. You might ask why a twelve year old would be reading about organized crime. I just wanted to see what I was up against at the time when I would be coming into my adolescence. It turned out that I read enough about gangs and criminals that I was able to avoid all the pitfalls of being suckered into a gang.
I have been following this Channing since it had only 5k subscribers. So I just want to say how proud and beyond elated to see you now at over 5 MILLION! It’s an incredible achievement and you absolutely deserve it!!
It was called The commission case...but all around you made great video with many important stuff included...we have dozens of documentaries on the mib but the facts are all mixed, half truts, mythsy etc,... But you really got your facts together and made a video worth watching with facts on point... bravo !!
There was 1 family pizza chain in my hometown until early 2000's. It was not very good pizza, so we ended up just eating pizza hut, but they definitely were doing something shady.
Sad but true. Those who think the Rothschilds are at the top forget they are the face for the Orsini family. Mafia goes soo much deeper then some realise
What about Lew Wasserman, the mob boss that started Hollywood post prohibition, thus all the Italian gangsters movies. Would love see see a part 2 about this!
Surely Lucky's betrayal of his boss and subsequent switching of sides made him the most untrustworthy person on the planet in the eyes of his new boss??
I think it'd be really cool to get a Thoughty2 styled deep dive into the Golden Era of the sport of Boxing. Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks, Mike Tyson - the days when legends fought in that arena.
I don't see much difference between the mafia and the US government, except that the mafia cared about "the people," and the politicians and government get away with their crimes, in most cases.
Many cared about the local community, not because they need to but they have to. Some were even R-ists and child molesters so I think there are/were definitely many guys who simply will not give a crap about others.
Ironic how Bobby Kennedy was such a great crime fighter but never bothered to investigate his father. Quite a story when one looks into the Kennedy "family."
My brother was a groomsman for a college roommate who had a lot of Italian mafia men in his family. They rented out the most expensive venue in town, ordered one single long table for everyone, and catered in the city's most expensive restaurant's food for the party. Earlier in the day they went to a baseball game, and one the uncles bought the entire roll of tickets for a raffle. Funny thing was that the bride was from China, and her whole family was like stereotypical tourists who are oblivious to American culture. Half of the crowd was gaunt-faced mobsters, the other half was foreigners with no idea how an American wedding works lolol. One time the groom told my brother that he'd mentioned off-hand to one his uncles that he'd like a Northface jacket. His uncle just said "What size?", cause apparently he'd literally just hijacked a whole truckload full of them. This was 10 years ago in the midwest, so they're still definitely active.
@ansonthomas5804 one mafia family in the Midwest was supposedly died out in 1990. My friend traveled to their city and had checked in a brand new expensive set golf clubs on his flight. The gold clubs never arrived at his destination. Upon hearing of the theft, I called a bookie I know that works the "inactive family" and he went to boss, told him about airport theft, the boss said "give me $150 and come back tomorrow afternoon." The next day he had the clubs and I was told that the inactive family controls everything that happens at the airport plus illegal gambling. Around 15 years ago, the FBI reopened investigations into the family the family after hearing the family was still active, but couldn't find anything to charge them with. Another southern family was declared inactive about the same time and they went into legitimate businesses becoming billionaires in the wine distributing and owning vast amounts of virgin timberlands that they lease out to hunting clubs. This family has maintained their structure of Don's, under bosses and capos and such but their illegal activities were turned over to one of the NY families.
Actually you aren't that far off. After Alcohol became legalized many went into the Drug Market. Today there are still crime organizations with ties to the Opiod epidemic.
One thing I respect about the Italian Mafia is that they have honour,a liitle bit atleast,oh and of course the fact that ittaly is so beautiful makes it even better,ciao.
I think there was another branch, so to speak, 'La Mano Nera' The Black Hand....I think they were the precursors of the Mafia per se. BTW the horse's head in that directors bed...'refers' to the way Frank 'Ol Blue eyes' Sinatra got that Oscar winning part in 'From Here to Eternity'. That's kind of an 'open secret' and if you didn't know it, you know it now 😂
They were not the precursor of the Mafia. “La Mano Nera” was the name of a specific extortion racket back then, law enforcement just mislabeled the Mob by using that name when it was only one of their many schemes.
Messerria died in the HBO show Boardwalk Empire the same way. When Lucky went into meet with him that last time and they embraced then Lucky goes to the bathroom I had a feeling it was about to happen.
The idea of the mafia even still being a thing in the 21st century after the case of cases is fascinating to me. The only thing I ever think of when it comes to modern gangs are the local street gangs and the south-central American cartels. Tangentially related to this that would be really interesting to look deeper into is the friendlier connections between the mob, the FBI, and the intel agencies. Whitney Webb actually has an interesting new book on it. It partially ties back to the military and intel agencies working with elements of the mob to fight the Nazis on American shores during WW2. Eventually it just became "good business," and the coalition of crime and government factions working together literally got called, I kid you not, the Crime Syndicate. It ties heavily into the drug trade and human trafficking, even to this day, even tangentially related to guys like Epstein.
Like it or not Mafia mythology is murderously melded with history of modern America. I challenge people to say that 5 times fast! Dude I watched that 3 times how many takes did that take you? Keep up the good work! And thank you for what you do!
It is astonishing how many puns and sarcasm this one man can fit into his videos
He's amazing😂
And alliterations! Don’t forget the clever alliterations all throughout
ChatGPT is really good at writing
@@qwertyuiop3656 he’s been making videos for over 12 years, ai wasn’t even a question when making videos back then why would it be know?
@@Shecksballin I'm not saying he's always used it. I assure you most TH-camrs are using ChatGPT at the very least for video brainstorming and concepts... you would be stupid not too
It's a rare talent to not only getting away with an offhand Jimmy Savile joke, but also with not bothering to explain to the non-British audience. Well done!
Lol I was wondering why that reference made no sense to me
I think Savile is known round the world for the shithouse things he did
@@DannyTehGod I had to look it up. Hes basically smaller Epstein
Jimmy Savile was a sick and twisted human being. The things he did would make Satan blush
Yeah I have no clue who that is
My family came from Sicily in 1909. I asked my dad in my teens about the mafia and he just said that's something you don't talk about. Never asked again.
So I take it the fam is still in the business somehow.
Your name is legendary
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Good to know that people can state their family is in the Mafia on the internet, and just go on like they probably are good and never shot anyone.
🙄
Italian here.
My roots are in Sicily and Calabria.
I want to start by complimenting the effort you put in this work.
I want to give you all an update on the situation about the italian most powerful mafia in the present.
Now in Sicily there is less presence of the old mafia but, in Calabria (another region in the south italy), we see the presence of the "n'drangheta", one of the most powerful criminal organization in Europe.
The scary fact about this organization is that they don't call themselves " families ", they are families, and the new generations of these crime families are now being raised to be lawyers, accountants or bankers, in short, what scares us about the n'drangheta is that it is evolving, adapting and it is extremely difficult to stop an organization with so many branches in contexts ranging from criminal to legitimate business. There is no good mafia. The true Italians will always raise against the oppressors.
Already, there are non-Italian organized cime members secretly among the banksters, maybe in control.
The n’drangheta is working with Latin American syndicates and Chinese drug labs to flood America with fentanyl. It’s destroying the country and fuels a lot of the illegal immigration. It’s as rich and powerful as a country.
It sounds like they are taking a page from government mafias and legitimizing themselves.
Been to sicily myself, travelled around, met people who were "in a family", and I am not denying that there are full on "professional" families there, I know that most of them are just small groups of little street gangs, doing anything from small time extortions and racketeering to big time kidnapping and political assassinations. But they frequently go to jail. The italian mafia never was as untouchable as the cosa nostra in america (at least for a few short decades of "glory")
i used to watch these kinds of vids and documentaries and such on youtube and on netflix often while doing high school home work and what i like to do or if i am bored asf . those old time mafiosos were badass and wild . very interesting indeeed though
"Like it or not, mafia mythology is murderously melded with the history of modern America." That's some damned good alliteration right there.
Congratulations on Five Million subscribers Thoughty2!!!!
We all know why. The history content and style of presentations are extremely superb
So that's why he decided to do a video on the 5 families....
the Five million Families
"The promise of profit seem too pretty to pass up"
Props for such prolific alliteration
If you liked that, check out the song 'Letter P'
avg british man
@@themonkeyman2790 makes sense... Wasn't alliteration for chaps that side of the pond like the linguistic & literary zest, the joie de vivre of English tongues at one time? At least until it was supplanted by rhyme?
@@IshtheStomach true
Psst, he's one of the higher up in the alliterati family.
Man, Rudy Juliani continues to surprise me more and more. I honestly wondered why that guy was such a big name in politics. But hearing for the first time that he was helping to fight the Mafia back in the day, is quite the surprise for me.
That’s why it’s so easy for the media to create the world around you. Today you’d think he was a monster, back then they called him a hero
@@cidfacetious3722 The media in a nutshell, they show and tell you about stuff that is only serves to paint people in a negative light.
Definitely need to do more research on people before saying anything.
It’s ironic that Juliani helped put away the original ‘Teflon Don’, only to go and work for the poor imitation.
A case of from Hero to Zero 😂😂😂
Shame he destroyed his legacy in the past few years.
He also was mayor of New York when 9/11 happened and as I remember was pretty unanimously agreed to have handled that situation about as well as anyone could be expected to. I think that was a big part of what made him so well known for a while
Absolute legend! “Hey thoughty2 here” love hearing that when a new video drops 🤗
My ex wife's grand mother in the 1930's bumped into a man on a country road while driving her horse and wagon. She described the man driving a large black sedan that he was a sharp dresser with very good looks. They chatted for a bit and she said the man was quite polite and respectful. It was later learned that the man was Al Capone who had built a small cabin in the local area. Grandma passed at 98 but she had never forgotten that charming man on a country road. LOL. Supposedly his cabin still stand and not sure who owns it and it is a very eery place, the cabin is abandoned so anyone can take a quick tour if you can find it. Cheers!
Still such impeccable wit, Arran. Especially enjoyed this as I've always been interested in Mafia history. Great video.
Mafia history is absolutely interesting.
In Minnesota, the Twin Cities area has an absolutely interesting history as being both a haven, and a crack down area. Mobsters who fled there from Chicago had a hell of a hay day there. It is often overlooked, but is an incredibly important area to the over arching story.
Ill in bed, so happy to have a new video from Thought2 to help pass the time.
Haha yea me too, hope you get well soon mate
I've seen a lot of videos on this topic, but this managed to present a new perspective and explained some details, that all the other videos missed! I loved it!🥰
It would have been also worth mentioning that Charles Luciano actually played a role in helping the allies win WWII by helping the US gather intelligence through his ties with the Italian mafia.
I love that story
Yes because if he would've refused they would've thrown him back in prison.
As a man of Sicilian ancestry, this does put a smile on my face
I always thought of Sicily as the Football that Italy is kicking LOL !
Thoughty2 I really hope you see this I only found your videos around 3 weeks ago there so so sooo well done and ur humour is spot on I’ve watched so many and u have saved me In some very very cold mornings in Iceland (sorry if this didn’t make sense my English isn’t great and this was from Google translate)
Two of my distant relatives were associated with Carlos Marcelo in New Orleans. One ran a book making operation that brought in a lot of gambling revenue. The other had a chain of record stores as well as record manufacturing company. The stores didn’t seem to have much business but sure were profitable. Obviously a money laundering operation that existed for a long time. Uncle Stan offered me a job at one of the stores as a teenager. My mother absolutely put a stop to any notion I’d work for him. She didn’t explain until I got older why I couldn’t work for him. Family lore also held that both relatives confirmed indirectly that Marcelo masterminded the assassination of JFK though they had no direct involvement.
@VP Editz they were everywhere really, Missouri moonshiners sold their wares in all the surrounding states, a good portion of it to the mob,a lot to the Native Americans too! Their influence is everywhere, we should totally revive the Mob, I was surprised to hear they still have 3,000 operating members, probably went into government, now they're the land owners and it's our turn!
@VP Editz yeah I'm talking 1920s-late 40s just mentioning it because it's an obscure part of the story that a lot of people aren't aware of and it still influences the culture today.
@VP Editz This is a subject that warranted more than 15 minutes given how complex it is.
im realated to carlos t hrought married y asked are we family also fr
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Politicians are the new mafia
Nope the new Mafia is the Drug cartels
Hi man, I've been watching your channel for years and I wantwd to say that your content is amazing, I can spend hours back to back watcjing your videos and it is fire 🔥 keep up the good work
That was fun. You had so much fun with the script. That was one of your best so far. Thank you!
We appreciate your videos. They’re packed with so much information that is necessary.
i doubt any of this is necessary
This is arguably one of the best Thoughty2 intros of all time
Can we appreciate the camera man who traveled back in time for us?
We did, the first 1.000.000 times…
Come up with a new joke.
this is old thank the person that made the reincarnation
I’m italian and this video is great. I’m sorry in the name of italians for all of this things around the world, this happen today in Italy in a different way but we are not only the spaghetti mafia bosses or all the stereotypes around
@MRThoughty2._How about no
I'm not sorry at all. They discriminated and lynched us, we didn't have nobody protecting us and so we reacted and the WASPs got what was coming to them. Hope they learned their lesson not to fuck with us
FIVE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS !
So pleased for you, I've been here from nearly day one.
You deserve it 🤓
The people needed to hear this video. Perfect timing for everything and everyone around needs to hear remember history.
Yaaay, new vid to start the day!!
My grandfather was the director of finance at Columbia St. Mary's hospital on Milwaukee's upper East side in the 1970s. In that position, he once helped one of the older members of the Balistreri family pay cash, in full in one lump sum, for a surgery he needed. Generally, that was not how the hospital did business, and initially, there was a lot of balking at this, I'm told. So it was a big deal that my grandfather stepped in and personally took care of the transaction. It was all above board on my grandfather's part, btw; He was a good German Catholic farm boy who was very loyal to the nuns who ran the hospital. But there after, whenever that Balistreri family member saw my grandfather, which was moderately often as my grandfather often had lunch at a Balistreri owned restaurant (They still own restaurants in Milwaukee) near the hospital, he called my grandfather "Kenny," with great affection, and bought him lunch. My grandfather was in his mid forties at the time and hadn't gone by "Kenny" since he was a small child, but he didn't dare correct the man! Haha!
Let's celebrate those who save murderers.
Hitler doctor was amazing as well!
@Muhammad the Prophet first, the story was about how my grandfather, a good, honest man who was just doing his job, unintentionally became friends with a member of the crime family, and not how he saved a life, criminal or otherwise. Second, hospitals and doctors exist to save lives without judgment. Third, then and now, the Balistreri's had legitimate businesses that provided legitimate services to the people of the city. This man was not a crime boss, he was related through blood, not marriage, or simply a member of the family, organization, but blood, but otherwise we do not know that he himself ever committed any crime or murder, even indirectly. Are we to assume he is guilty just because he is related? Was Hitler's sister guilty of murder just because she was related to a murderer? But finally, to reiterate, the mission of the Catholic nuns, and therefore the hospital, was to provide treatment and care without judgement for sins; judgment was for God. My grandfather, who spent his entire career working for CHARITABLE Catholic hospitals, never for-profit hospitals, was just doing his job by handling a legitimate, albeit abnormal, transaction. He was not the doctor who performed the surgery, but even if he were, how dare you compare him to Hitler's doctor! It is not the same at all. And you're a self-righteous idiot for misunderstanding the point of the story in the first place.
@@alexislaisney3404
Reductio ad Hitlerum.
In other words, the counter argument of the stupid. One notch below Whataboutism.
Do better.
I for one found this an interesting story, your grandfather sounds like an interesting and inherently good guy.
No need to justify such a wild comparison, even mentioning the name of such a murderous dictator is a bit disrespectful to the OP and their family. Thank you for sharing 😊
@@alexislaisney3404 he was with all the Drugs he supplied to the dude , I can’t get my doctor to subscribe anything as good , speed , cocaine , morphine , what a Doctor
Aaron, always a pleasure to see one of your creations on TH-cam
"Omerta schomerta" - Dude, your humor is underrated.
Just waiting for a blink at the end. Fav channel 👌
This entry made on 1/30/'23. I remember reading about this historical backbround in 1960, when I was twelve years old. You might ask why a twelve year old would be reading about organized crime. I just wanted to see what I was up against at the time when I would be coming into my adolescence. It turned out that I read enough about gangs and criminals that I was able to avoid all the pitfalls of being suckered into a gang.
Wow, this video was so informative and stunning! The content stand out and kept me engaged throughout. Great job, I can't wait to see more from you!
I love when he says "fanks for watching"
That was a goodie well put together 🤌👌
I have been following this Channing since it had only 5k subscribers. So I just want to say how proud and beyond elated to see you now at over 5 MILLION! It’s an incredible achievement and you absolutely deserve it!!
i love every piece you put up. so amazing you breakdown stuff
Thoughty2 makes a video we can't refuse.
It was called The commission case...but all around you made great video with many important stuff included...we have dozens of documentaries on the mib but the facts are all mixed, half truts, mythsy etc,...
But you really got your facts together and made a video worth watching with facts on point... bravo !!
The man is back!
There was 1 family pizza chain in my hometown until early 2000's. It was not very good pizza, so we ended up just eating pizza hut, but they definitely were doing something shady.
Great story 👍
Thank you for pronouncing Apalachin correctly. Most people outside of upstate N.Y. pronounce the CH.
People in New York are fascist pigs.
Congrats on 5 mil
"America was discovered by an Italian, and named after another Italian. Therefore, America is an Italian country."
Joe Bucaro.
Sad but true. Those who think the Rothschilds are at the top forget they are the face for the Orsini family. Mafia goes soo much deeper then some realise
No one found a piece of land though
@@kayedans8779
Or your sense of humor..🤓
Which Italian was it named after? Intrigued here
@@makuochukwupeter6353 Amirigo
What about Lew Wasserman, the mob boss that started Hollywood post prohibition, thus all the Italian gangsters movies. Would love see see a part 2 about this!
This was overwhelming with information
We also have "camorra" and " andrangeta" , not just mafia.
Government and mafia are the same.
Great video! Love the editing!
This guy definitely has the makings of a varsity athlete.
I scrolled down 4 comments before I found the joke I was looking for 😂
Lol 😆 🤣 😂. Thanks Junior.
Briliant work as always!
What's the music at the start called?
I forget and I know he plays a different version
Me too
Same
Tarantella Napolitana
Excellent video! Probably the best I've seen this month.
Thoughty’s puns and alliterations are *untouchable!*
😂❤️
Very punny!
I leaned here that I never knew. Thanks.
The good old days when the biggest criminals where in gangs instead of parlement.
@noturbusiness123 they are so desperate to be meta like it’s actually cool lmfao.
At about 13:50 I had to say, "My how the tables have turned". You know with Rudy now being a defendant in a RICO case and all. LOL.
i’m surprised he didn’t talk about the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that was a major event in mafia history
I'm always so excited when Thoughty2 has a new upload.
*Thoughty2* , maybe you can do a video about how Latin/Mexican cartels have nearly annihilated black-American gangs in the last 2 decades?
Thanks 👍
Surely Lucky's betrayal of his boss and subsequent switching of sides made him the most untrustworthy person on the planet in the eyes of his new boss??
That's why he became the boss of all bosses soon after ;)
That’s why he offed Maranzano in the same year.
hey 42 here
Ironic how Rudy Juliana still fighting against the current mafia. They, who should not be named.
I think it'd be really cool to get a Thoughty2 styled deep dive into the Golden Era of the sport of Boxing. Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks, Mike Tyson - the days when legends fought in that arena.
this could my favorite topic I've watch from this channel
I can tell you only did one take for the "fughetabout it." But that just made it all the more hilarious. 😆
Congrats on 5m subs bro. We need a Q&A !
In case you missed it, worker's rights were enforced by the Italian Mafia. Support your local branch now!
We need the Mafia back
This topic needs a part 2… pre 1900s mob in American
"Italian", you know, like Mickey Cohen and Bugsy.
Fun fact Al Capone preferred the nickname snorkie
I don't see much difference between the mafia and the US government, except that the mafia cared about "the people," and the politicians and government get away with their crimes, in most cases.
Many cared about the local community, not because they need to but they have to. Some were even R-ists and child molesters so I think there are/were definitely many guys who simply will not give a crap about others.
Hes voice is so iconic
I love these videos. Am I the only one at the end to wink back? haha
Funny how when this video ends, I get an advertisement promoting labor unions. Coincidence? I think not
Ironic how Bobby Kennedy was such a great crime fighter but never bothered to investigate his father. Quite a story when one looks into the Kennedy "family."
Right?! They were a "mafia" all their own!
It can be tough investigating for yourself/family. Too many biases will cloud judgement/decisions.
@@Vandassaror Bobby's "crime fighting" was more about eliminating competition
Great video. Thoughtly strikes an excellent balance of humour, and information in his videos
You'll be swimming with the fish 'Thoughty2' putting up all those mafia boss names😆
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The way this man manages to fit such an hilarious tone into a topic like this is incredible to me.
My brother was a groomsman for a college roommate who had a lot of Italian mafia men in his family. They rented out the most expensive venue in town, ordered one single long table for everyone, and catered in the city's most expensive restaurant's food for the party. Earlier in the day they went to a baseball game, and one the uncles bought the entire roll of tickets for a raffle. Funny thing was that the bride was from China, and her whole family was like stereotypical tourists who are oblivious to American culture. Half of the crowd was gaunt-faced mobsters, the other half was foreigners with no idea how an American wedding works lolol. One time the groom told my brother that he'd mentioned off-hand to one his uncles that he'd like a Northface jacket. His uncle just said "What size?", cause apparently he'd literally just hijacked a whole truckload full of them. This was 10 years ago in the midwest, so they're still definitely active.
Damn, would love to learn a lot more. Can I email you?
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@ansonthomas5804 one mafia family in the Midwest was supposedly died out in 1990. My friend traveled to their city and had checked in a brand new expensive set golf clubs on his flight. The gold clubs never arrived at his destination. Upon hearing of the theft, I called a bookie I know that works the "inactive family" and he went to boss, told him about airport theft, the boss said "give me $150 and come back tomorrow afternoon." The next day he had the clubs and I was told that the inactive family controls everything that happens at the airport plus illegal gambling. Around 15 years ago, the FBI reopened investigations into the family the family after hearing the family was still active, but couldn't find anything to charge them with. Another southern family was declared inactive about the same time and they went into legitimate businesses becoming billionaires in the wine distributing and owning vast amounts of virgin timberlands that they lease out to hunting clubs. This family has maintained their structure of Don's, under bosses and capos and such but their illegal activities were turned over to one of the NY families.
kennedys dad was a mobster as well
The mafia bosses found a new money making sector: Pharmacy!
And if I think about it, it makes perfect sense!
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Actually you aren't that far off. After Alcohol became legalized many went into the Drug Market. Today there are still crime organizations with ties to the Opiod epidemic.
Thoughty2 never had the makings of a varsity mafia historian.
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One thing I respect about the Italian Mafia is that they have honour,a liitle bit atleast,oh and of course the fact that ittaly is so beautiful makes it even better,ciao.
I think there was another branch, so to speak, 'La Mano Nera' The Black Hand....I think they were the precursors of the Mafia per se. BTW the horse's head in that directors bed...'refers' to the way Frank 'Ol Blue eyes' Sinatra got that Oscar winning part in 'From Here to Eternity'. That's kind of an 'open secret' and if you didn't know it, you know it now 😂
They were not the precursor of the Mafia. “La Mano Nera” was the name of a specific extortion racket back then, law enforcement just mislabeled the Mob by using that name when it was only one of their many schemes.
Best thoughty2 video in years
Imagine a world where we didnt discover the mafia or they kept silent enough.
In Mexico you live with that future
There was a Mafia family in Birmingham, Alabama that died out before ever being documented by law enforcement.
Messerria died in the HBO show Boardwalk Empire the same way. When Lucky went into meet with him that last time and they embraced then Lucky goes to the bathroom I had a feeling it was about to happen.
Brought me back to the channel. Fantastic video!
That Jimmy Savile joke was brutal - I love it xD
Between 14-15 mins were all vids of Hoffa who wasn’t mafia
The idea of the mafia even still being a thing in the 21st century after the case of cases is fascinating to me. The only thing I ever think of when it comes to modern gangs are the local street gangs and the south-central American cartels.
Tangentially related to this that would be really interesting to look deeper into is the friendlier connections between the mob, the FBI, and the intel agencies. Whitney Webb actually has an interesting new book on it. It partially ties back to the military and intel agencies working with elements of the mob to fight the Nazis on American shores during WW2. Eventually it just became "good business," and the coalition of crime and government factions working together literally got called, I kid you not, the Crime Syndicate. It ties heavily into the drug trade and human trafficking, even to this day, even tangentially related to guys like Epstein.
Well, you couldn’t be more wrong but okey
Hey now, my Sicilian grandmother, rest her soul, assured us all that there's no such thing as the mafia and that we shouldn't worry about it, capiche?
Thank you fourty two
Like it or not Mafia mythology is murderously melded with history of modern America. I challenge people to say that 5 times fast! Dude I watched that 3 times how many takes did that take you?
Keep up the good work! And thank you for what you do!
14:31 Is that a young Obama on the right side walking towards the camera? :D