PING!
Thugs came from India, fervent religious zealots who strangled enemies.
The origins of the mafia is of course Roman Fascism. Seeing them used in the same sentence is confusing.
I’ve noted that Trump gave a short and brief raised fist salute yesterday and Sarah Palin gave one today.
The raised fist has different interpretations. Mainly communist or hard core socialist (American communism).
But in it’s original form the raised fist symbolizes the power of defiance from the people.