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I believe the answer is: the government's protection of their lives, liberty, and property.
For example, due to the existence of government, individuals have to sacrifice our ability to establish businesses however we like. But, in return the government would provide law enforcement if there is other citizens who had bad intentions toward us.
His kind of impact is that he showed that laws cannot be made that go against the will of the people.
It started with the Halstead act which banned alcohol but people wanted alcohol. So Capone and the others stepped in to do something about it.
They didn't see the illegality that they were breaking the law yet the people wanted these products and did find no harm in alcohol. So after making alcohol illegal again did the gang disappear.
A direct democracy is when citizens participate in making political decisions. A representative democracy is when the citizens hold the sovereign power but, political power is exercised indirectly through elected representatives.