evencut even with the cost of living. People always saw themselves in contentionwith life, and it wasn't becoming easier. For Capone, cutting even with the costof living was not even in his way. Capone realized that people where becomingpoor and had little life in them because of the money they were receiving. Eventhough Capone was collecting an extreme amount of money off prohibition, hedecided to help these people out. This caused people to think that Capone wasnothing but a conscientious guy. This technique made way to improving Capone'sreputation as a person. Mafia leaders today are all like Capone in the way theyspeak their sympathy for people who are having difficulties in their life.Giving them an image that would in turn make the public feel that they are warmhearted people. This helps wash away the thoughts of the public about thatparticular individual being a criminal. Capone, unlike most other mafia leaders, is the most speaken about mafialeader of all time. It was Capone's bootlegging that furnish notoriety as amafia leader. Although Capone was involved with bootlegging, it was his style ofbusiness like crime that gave way to today's mafia. Today you may not notice asmany king pin leaders of organized crime on the streets. Though the ones you donotice can probably be identified as having the same characteristics as Capone. Mafia all over the world today retain the same feeling of crime as Caponeorganized during prohibition. Although the time period of when Capone was aliveis gone, 5.the genius of the mafia has been its ability to adapt to changingsocial conditions, so that it can persist as an organizational form, even whenit must change its function. 6.People who see the mafia today must look at theMafia not as a specific organization, but as an organization that has beenadopted by Capone's prohibition. Expressing Capone's valued influence on the present day mafia would only seemfitting. Capone's influence during prohi...
