They Don't Produce Mobsters Like They Used To

The story contains this perfect phrase: They don't produce mobsters like they used to, Giancarlo Romano told an associate in a wiretapped conversation before he was shot dead a year ago. Sicily's gangsters forced to modernise but complain they can't get the staff bbc.in/3X0ONT5

A social media post highlights a supposedly perfect phrase from a report about Sicilian gangsters struggling to modernise. The joke is the old-fashioned, almost nostalgic wording “They don't produce mobsters like they used to,” treating organized criminals as if they were a declining traditional profession. People send it as a reaction to declining quality, outdated institutions, or anything that used to be better. EN: A social media post highlights a supposedly perfect phrase from a report about Sicilian gangsters struggling to modernise. The joke is the old-fashioned, almost nostalgic wording “They don't produce mobsters like they used to,” treating organized criminals as if they were a declining traditional profession. People send it as a reaction to declining quality, outdated institutions, or anything that used to be better.

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