Resorting to violence was always the last choice. In 1978, however, a war broke out between the mafia groups, because some members started working with the police and government. High treason of course for the mafia and Italy turned into a bloodbath. The war was openly fought with a corpse on every street. The citizens also did not like the mafia anymore, that has changed again honest people again turn to the Mafias.
it's true that violence is the last choice, but in 1980s they killed almost with impunity, today is different
Times has changed after Provenzano more business-like, for example Messina Denaro was called "manager" of wind energy. The boss had sensed the turnover not only in Sicily.. He liked to invest in renewable energies. The old mafia bosses did not understand this interest and were distant from it. The sector that has grown the most in recent years in Sicily has been wind power. Dozens of plants that produce today 3,3 Gigawatts per year and they see the Region in third place in Italy. If you go around killing people that would jeopardize everything !
