You think gangsters are tough? Please. Gangsters are the biggest slackers in the history of human enterprise! Their entire philosophy is proof that they’re the laziest demographic on the planet.
Think about the standard career path: You go to college, you work for years to climb the ladder, you fill out paperwork, you sit in meetings. It’s all about deferred gratification.
The gangster? Nope. Their mission statement is literally: “How do I skip all the hard parts of civilization and jump straight to the nap?”
Their so-called “creed”—the rules they live by—is the most beautifully simple, zero-effort business model ever created: Take. Don’t build. Intimidate. Don’t innovate. Collect. Don’t produce.
The rest of us are out here trying to generate value, and these guys are just speed-running retirement! Their goal isn’t to be a kingpin; it’s to be a perfectly pampered, high-net-worth infant. They do the absolute minimum amount of terrifying labor—the smash-and-grab, the quick shakedown—and then what’s the reward? It’s not a bigger territory, it’s a better cot.
They’re not looking for a challenge; they’re looking for an early bedtime! They want total, uninterrupted security, a velvet lining, and someone else to handle all the noise and logistics. They’re not criminals; they’re just over-glorified, heavily-armed toddlers demanding a nap.
You know most of those guys are readers, right?
Reading from some form of cot or another
makes me want eat chicken