There is not a day that goes by, where I don’t wish this was Japan.
.The Yakuza would be taking care of miscreants and trucking in food, water and generators.
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I am not so sure that the ‘old mob’ wouldn’t have acted likewise.
The reason they had such an ‘iron fist’ over the neighborhood was they were there to ‘help’ when necessary and when the local govt wanted information etc, the neighborhood knew who really took care of them.
That was one of the biggest complaints for the Korean ‘corner store’ owners.
In the ‘old days’ of the Jews owning the stores, they would live in the building, hire local kids and grant credit.
Of course their ‘reward’ is that the ‘minorities’ hated Jews in todays world.
The Koreans buy up the store, put up bullet proof glass, allow 1 or 2 customers at a time, lock up at 8PM and drive off the their McMansion in the suburbs that plus the Korean aversion to lazy sloths and the language barrier make for a grand time.
Naturally ALL Jews or Koreans don’t fall into the above categories - just a scenario...