Do you think Tony handled the fight for control of New York well?

If Tony had handed his cousin over to Phil, once Phil became boss he’d constantly try to bulldoze Tony in all negotiations, and another conflict would be inevitable. Phil would view Tony as just another subordinate. There’s even a chance Tony would just get whacked himself out of nowhere rather than have the chance to participate in a war. As it played out, Phil hated Tony, but he respected him. If it went the other way, Phil would have business interests that diverged from Tony AND he’d hold Tony in contempt.

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If Tony did handover his cousin to Phil I don’t think they would’ve had a better relationship when Phil became boss. I think Phil would have seen that as a sign of weakness and he would have thought he can get anything out of Tony. Also this situation with Vito would have went down the same so overall I really don’t think giving up his cousin to phil would have made much of a difference in their relationship

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Great episode. Lot's to think about. You would have to think that the moment Phil discovered "dat animal Blundetto" dead, he had only one thing on his mind. If he hadn't turned into a house,(was evah happened dayr)he probably would have won the war. Bye bye pop pop's, wave bye bye

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Anyways, gotta go. Me and some of the crew of the good ship Lollypop have a chess lesson out in the boontons.

It’s actually surprising how Tony managed to stay neutral after basically committing to clipping Carmine Sr. Also surprising (and frankly sad) that he continued the same formal attitude with Phil after he disgracefully whacked his top earner Vito without any provocation whatsoeva! Speaking of Tony B, I think it’s fair he didn’t let Phil get him and did the job himself. I presume everyone in New York realized there was not much more you could request from Tony and it was up to Phil to just get over it. Additionally, it probably gave the right impression to the New Jersey family that no matter how close of a friend you are to the boss, your actions will have consequences.

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I think no matter how Tony handled the Blundetto situation, conflict with Phil was inevitable. Leotardo was never going to respect the DiMeos, so all Tony really could do is deal with that immediate situation in the best possible way to keep his reputation (which he did) then prepare for war with hard head Phil. Some people in this world just want to fight you. Bide your time and wait to get the drop on them.

Schwarzenegger clip was priceless.

Hello! i have been binging your videos on the sopranos and the wire. Love it!! I would love a video discussing the laws of power within the BPD in the Wire. For example how jay landsman remains in a pretty powerful position (assumin sgt counts as powerful) by using a similar strategy as patsy parese in the sopranos. By being a mainly predictable subordinate. Is this something you would be interested in doing at some point?

hey bro great videos. you're one of my favorite channels. although could you mention the actual law a few times because soemtimes its hard to hear it the first time and when that happens its confusing for the rest of the video. also where/how do you edit these.

Bro, would you please consider making a video about the movie 'Uncut Gems' 2019 from a Laws of Power perspective?

Carmine Jr is a GENIUS!

Chris was right about Carmine thing ,but he said at wrong time.

Hey Mr Whispers idk if you reply directly but have u watched boardwalk empire ? I'm binge watching it now in the back of my head I think of the sopranos because it's in jersey and the wire cuz of Michael k Williams AL Neri cuz he was in Oz Steve Buscemi being in sopranos in kinda going on a tangent but anyways hope you're well and maybe u have an opinion or insight on boardwalk empire and see some parallels in all the shows esoterically and esoterically ... nothing new under the sun anyways

I'd love to see a "what if" about if Jackie jr. successfully pulled off the card game heist

Tony screwed up bigtime regarding the Animal Blundetto & the Shah of Iran. What Tony should have done is setup an ambush for Philly the closet case at his uncles old house where Tony B was staying. Tony sends a few soldiers up to the home to lay in ambush, then tells Philly, who spent 20 years in the can, not a peep, where Tony Magic Hands is. Phil and his "boys" go up to take care of business and instead, they all wind up with pool cues shoved up their arses. Reach out to Little Carmine and let him know the path is clear for him to take over the family. It's perfect and I bet Suns Zoo would approve 😏

My dumb ass thought the law was " do not commit to anyone (who's) in the TV show sopranos " n kept checking the date to see if it was April 1st or sum shit I'm high

We need How Machiavellian is Logan Roy 😉

Narrator of this video sounds like AJ haha

Also i believe carmine jr purposely got phil upset over the shooting to avoid phil and tony getting along any way possible to eventually try to overthrow carmine jr in time

Chrissy’s beak could certainly kill 😅

Carmine may not have been a genius but what if he made a genius play ?

I don't think Little Carmine was some genius. I do think he was equally as mad as Phil over the killings of his cousin Lorraine, Angelo, and his defacto father Rusty. Carmine even mentions in the sitdown with Tony and Phil that he knows who killed Rusty. We know it was Tony and Phil.

Fictional Cosa Nostra characters are nowhere near as fascinating as the real ones.

Where's the Vito example??