[Melas]

Yeah, and Hitler liked dogs, does that make him a good guy too? Mobsters (even today) don’t protect their neighborhoods and do good deeds out of altruism. They do/did it because it benefits them in ways that make up for the loss of the petty cash.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Not today, maybe....but the old-school "Mustache Petes" did.

Do a little research on long-time Philly mob leader Angelo Bruno. The Italian-American community in South Philadelphia literally loved the man for his generosity.

It was mostly his refusal to engage in wholesale brutality and the drug trade and forsake the vast wealth involved therein that led to his assassination by the young turks who were far greedier and infinitely more dangerous.