A civil war would finish sooner or later… mafia never stops
The historical background is also really interesting: the north conquered the south because the north was having economical problems. So they arrived, plundered all they could and basically left the south almost without government for years. That’s when mafia got its footing. Then there was a century of “nobody cares about the south anyways” politics. Only with democracy the government started caring a bit more, but there is such corruption and collusion that getting rid of mafia is close to impossible.
Shall we consider the hypothesis that the south tend to under report its wealth? Mafia people wouldnt anyone to know how rich they are.
I recall the mediterrean diet as longevity hack being debunked, because poor people in Italy and Greece pretended to be older (or hided death of loved one) for some administrative benefit. We could have something similar to explain the striking difference in north and south Italy
Old info from the ministry of economics (2010ish) in Italy is that at lest 30% of the economy is black (unreported). The majority of it would be in the south.
Yeah, in the south Italy there is even one of the more powerful and widespread mafia of the world: 'ndragheta.
Kinda hard to eliminate when it’s on every continent
No civil war, just a lot of mafia and years of governments not developing the south enough, eventually the mafia became hard and harder to kill, and to today i can say that the effort to do anything for the south Italy is low.
South Italy at high risk, as expected
while the north are the less likely overall. Is there a civil war there?
A civil war would finish sooner or later… mafia never stops
The historical background is also really interesting: the north conquered the south because the north was having economical problems. So they arrived, plundered all they could and basically left the south almost without government for years. That’s when mafia got its footing. Then there was a century of “nobody cares about the south anyways” politics. Only with democracy the government started caring a bit more, but there is such corruption and collusion that getting rid of mafia is close to impossible.
ty for the info.
Shall we consider the hypothesis that the south tend to under report its wealth? Mafia people wouldnt anyone to know how rich they are. I recall the mediterrean diet as longevity hack being debunked, because poor people in Italy and Greece pretended to be older (or hided death of loved one) for some administrative benefit. We could have something similar to explain the striking difference in north and south Italy
Old info from the ministry of economics (2010ish) in Italy is that at lest 30% of the economy is black (unreported). The majority of it would be in the south.
Yeah, in the south Italy there is even one of the more powerful and widespread mafia of the world: 'ndragheta. Kinda hard to eliminate when it’s on every continent
No civil war, just a lot of mafia and years of governments not developing the south enough, eventually the mafia became hard and harder to kill, and to today i can say that the effort to do anything for the south Italy is low.
Prime for conquest! Just invade, plant wheat, be the bread basket of Rome!