Michael Franzese

I had a discussion with Chas Palminteri.

He wrote the movie Bronx Tale.

He's a good friend of mine.

And in the movie Bronx Tale, he's asked the question by Little Collogio, is it better to be feared or loved?

And he said, it's better to be feared in my position.

And I had that discussion with Chas afterwards.

I said, Chas, you're not a member of the mob, but you were around guys.

What do you think?

He said, oh, Michael, it's better to be feared.

I said, you're wrong.

He says, why?

I said, I'll tell you why.

He said, when the government came out with the Racketeering Act and people knew that they can go away forever, lose all their assets and everything else, well, the fear of the mob, okay, was transferred to the fear of the government because the government now held all the power.

And so, so many guys became informants.

Many guys became informants because of that.

So fear is not a great element.

It's really not.

It's more destructive than anything else.

It can hold you in line for a part.

Until it gets, unless it gets transferred somewhere else.