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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg cover image

A Made Man

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

CHAPTER

The Fascinating History of the Mafia

"This is a real problem for the church," he says. "It's one of the reasons why, you know, you get ... celibacy and all that kind of stuff" The Roman Empire was plagued by favoritism toward blood relatives in positions of power,. Same thing with the Unix sort of bureaucrats in China; this tribal sense can be triggered not just for actual blood relatives but for members of your own platoon.

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