On the one hand, US politics, from an outsider's perspective, has Always been very much based on the existence of only the Democratic and the Republican PArty, with Indipendnets and otherm inor parties barely registering on anyone's radar.It would be nice if the Libertarian Party surge turned into something long term. But I suspect the Republican party has 'come to Jesus' and will succeed in tis efforts to hijack the label as the party of individual liberty. About the only thing thats held them back on this is their connects to the Corporations exploitating prison management contracts. The scandal over prison management campaign contributions to 'Law and Order' and 'Lockem Up' politicians hurt.
On the other hand, there's a good enough momentum to ensure that the Libertarian Party will survive to the Republicans' attempts at incorporating them in their folds, especially if Libertarians manage to successfully argue that, while the Free Market and Free Enterprise is usually a good thing, for that particular issue of prisons there needs to be quite the serious governmental overseeing. Yes, I do know that not all Libertarians are "no government anywhere but in the Army, period" extremists, but those are the ones that are shouting the loudest, not the moderates.
Yeah, where the Camorra withered in front of increased efforts by the State to combat them (to the point they barely even matter anymore), the Sicilian Mafia tried to kill everything governmental in sight before being suppressed into hiding or fleeing elsewhere in Europe, the 'Ndragheta and the Sacra Corona Unita managed to adapt fairly well to the new situation. Now their operations are harder to eliminate, even if (or maybe thansk to the fact that) they don't kill anyone publicily anymore.Even though far less children are sucked into a life of crime than before, the 'ndrangheta has become very influential from a purely economic standpoint, they've been doing a lot of money smuggling things in the USA that are fully legal elsewhere; and some of that money has almost certainly went to weird places, I mean, when was the last time we had both Catanzaro and Reggina in Serie A?
At least they don't bomb shops and kill people anymore, I guess.
And it probably has never happened in the history of Italian Football. Although I'm of the opinion that the Reggina got into Seria A legitimately, unlike, say, Catanzaro or Lecce. Either way, if any concrete proof comes up, the scandal will be epic… maybe it will be on par with Tangentopoli… I suggest calling this ticking time bomb of a scandal "Calciopoli".