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Charismatic Extremists and the Russian Mob's Soulless Eyes

from Bay Ridge Boys · #133

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4 min

Riff comparing charismatic dictators and clerics to salesmen, then a shift into a local Brooklyn photographer's mafia-adjacent message and warnings about the coldness of Russian mob guys versus Italian mafia honor codes.

In this bit9 moments
  • 52:28Passion sells seats regardless of whether the cause is good or bad.
  • 52:50The fiancée's family are Trump supporters with a Make America hat in the kitchen.
  • 53:08Tim's father, an old New Yorker, dismissed Trump as a crook before the election.
  • 53:22Learning history as an adult reveals that atrocities have been universal across civilizations and groups.
  • 53:45Africans enslaved Africans and Native Americans enslaved other Native Americans before European colonization.
  • 54:19Teenagers in Syria don't care about gender-neutral bathrooms when they just want basic facilities.
  • 54:42They had an episode featuring an author who wrote a book about the Russian mob and Mark Gagliotti.
  • 55:04A local Brooklyn photographer messaged Tim asking to photograph him before he becomes too famous, hinting at mob connections.
  • 55:45Russian kids are dangerous and will hurt you, even cutting off fingers over small debts of ten dollars.
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Mark GagliottiDonald TrumpMartin Luther King

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