I agree with a lot of this. On the flip side, today would you want to induct someone whose only asset is violence? Times have changed and they have adjusted their way of surviving accordingly. Every inducted member is expected to be capable of violence but making money is far more of an asset for them today. Thats why it appears like most guys that do get inducted now are either guys who were violent back in the 80s/90s and have grown up or guys 40+ with successful businesses who can handle themselves (or maybe they can’t lol). There is an in for some younger guys as they seem to be clinging onto some gambling rackets somehow and loan sharking still has its value. But the intimidation aspect is not of benefit anymore in most scenarios. Every case they get you have some idiot making threats on the phone, but there aren’t many cases so they must be doing something right. Or they’re all in poverty like the Colombo administration member who couldn’t pay rent or whatever the story was. But from what I see they seem to be generally middle income guys doing ok for themselves

Is a middle income worth being in the mafia for? That’s another debate lol