[glitchc]

It's realistic and not cynical at all. Just the way life really is.

Try this thought experiment: The local mafia needs to eat, sleep, buy cars, equipment. Should local restaurants, grocery stores, rental complexes, dealerships, the local Home Depot, accept their patronage? Is that dirty money or clean money? Is Home Depot morally corrupt for selling lumber to the mafia boss for his new deck?

The answer to these and more is: no. Moral policing never works. We have laws and law enforcement to pursue criminals. It's their job, not Home Depot's.

[catalogia]

Not all businesses pay tribute to or otherwise knowingly deal with local mafias. That's not realistic.