DarkWandererAU

I have often thought that about the code of crime syndicates and crime families from what I have read. Respect & honesty seem to be regarded above all else, not like in the legal work-force where people fuck you over for a pat on the head and snipe and stab each other in the back. It's what I find the most difficult about work life.

So it morally killed you inside? But the work that you did, did it ever directly affect innocent people in a bad way? You were just responsible for the financial handling of things, correct?

Did you ever socialise or ever have to work along-side an enforcer at any time? If so, what were they like as people? Morally empty and hollow? Sadistic psycho's? Or nice guys that just saw what they did as "a part of their job" and they took no pleasure in it?

If you have it in you to feel remorse about it, it means you have decency in you, and if there is a god he can see that

In all honesty...does crime really pay? Both money wise and as a sense of fulfilment in your life?

What about a moral code? Did you ever have to hurt/antagonise/fuck with someone's life as part of your work and how did it make you feel? Or does this line of work have it's own moral code, if so, was it good enough for you?

What kind of jobs and responsibilities would a person at rank 1 have? And how about rank 10 (if you were able to know about those jobs)?

Well, that's what I was going for. A question not only to sate my own curiosity but which was also left of centre. Thanks for answering, this has been some enlightening stuff, and I was mainly interested in the moral ambiguities of a life of crime. I sat down yesterday (Sunday) and read through every question and answer in your AMA. Some was pretty much what I expected, but a lot was definitely new information. I'm from Sydney in Australia, and I have no doubt the drug trade would run similarly down here, I wasn't clear on how it works on the other side of the world. Information like that you have to seek out. I suppose I am on the other side of the spectrum as you are now, I'm sick of working a dead end job (construction & labour) that doesn't utilise my intellect or my skills much at all. I have $500 in a bank account and no real financial security at all and lately I've just been a bit "whats it all about, it seems that the people who don't play by mans laws seem to get a head".

A watcher or middle management position seems like something I could handle and excel at. I'd even consider a enforcer on account of my size and intimidating manner (though the only real training I have is martial arts lessons since I was a teenager, but I do excel at it). Alas, I have a conscience, and I'm not sure how much that kind of life would weight on it. I've always been a moral person, but where has that gotten me? Pretty much nowhere. Anyway, I guess I'll just have to stop bitching about it and figure out what I want to make of my life.

Thanks again for the AMA, and best of luck with your business & your new life.