Membership in the mafia changes the direction of tribute flows.
Evidence
“Not being a member you gotta get permission. Anything you do, they give you a share, you don’t give them a share” (Abadinsky 1983: 119). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 1026
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Crisp operational definition of the membership boundary in a protection racket: insiders share with you, outsiders pay you shares.
Related
- Mafia outsiders must pay a share while insiders take one (similarity 0.89)
- Theft became permissible within mafia territory once licensed and taxed (similarity 0.82)
- Mafia membership is a trading license allowing both purchase and sale of protection (similarity 0.80)