Hell, the mongol empire killed over 10% of the human population in their conquests, and they still failed. Along with everyone else who ever tried to establish power over the entire world.
Quote from Captain CookFor the Mafia, they've lost a lot of ground, probably all of it in recent years because the period during which they became big was during the Prohibition.
Just based off his odd grammar and the location "Campobasso", I'm going to assume he's talking about the Sicilian mafia, not the one you're talking about.
Quote from Captain Cookthe true definition of nations is the surrendering of one's rights for the protection of himself.
Without nations, no one has a right to anything. The only thing you're surrendering is natural law -- instead of doing whatever the fuck you want regardless of how much it harms others, you play by the rules, to help ensure the mutual safety of yourself and everyone else in whatever society you live in.