[circlecity]

"But if pop is enough of a big shot, just like with anything else, requirements can be waived ."

You can rise being an "earner" or being muscle. Mike was an earner. Guaranteed Mike put more money in those guys pockets in just 10 years than his dad did in his entire career.

[dp0622]

That’s true.

I wonder if you still have to have a murder on your belt to be “made”.

That was a hard and fast rule as few as I knew up until the 90s.

And with Sicilians coming over by the hundreds to take positions of power, I assume it still exists.