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Why is it that the sons of all the major bosses are losers?


Tony Sopranos son A.J. is a mental wreck.
Little Carmine got no balls.
Jackie April Jr. had no brains.

You'd think a mob boss's son would be molded to take over the job in the future. But those three are absolute waste.

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They all had terrible fathers who couldn't provide much to their families beyond financial stability.

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Because they grew up spoiled. They didn’t have to work for it.

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This is the correct answer.

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Good job. 3 plot holes they are

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Because they're stupid, that's why. And jealous.

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No different than many sons of famous actors...Christian Brando anyone? Hard to exist in the shadow of a famous father.

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Little Carmine no balls? He bested all the other mobsters with his way of life! Dude's a malaproping mastermind..

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They weren’t molded to take over the job as boss. That’s the point.

Tony didn’t want A.J. in the mob. Jackie Jr. was the same.

They wanted to use their mob money to get their sons in lucrative legitimate jobs away from the mob life.

It is the same as what Vito Corleone wanted for Michael. That he be a Senator or a Governor.

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