Mafia reputation operates as a self-fulfilling deterrent even when overstated
Evidence
- With this statement Buscetta may have been trying to play down his role in the mafia. Still, reputation can work as he describes. — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 802
Categorization
- XREF: Picks up the reputation-as-deterrent mechanism from Gambetta chapter 4 — Buscetta’s self-serving account still illustrates how reputation does the work of enforcement.