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Politics & Power Quote by Chuck Zito

"You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel"

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It sounds like a job interview, until you remember the workplace is a motorcycle club built on outlaw mythology and real-world consequences. Chuck Zito frames entry into the Hells Angels as a mutual-fit process: you get to know them, they get to know you, everyone checks the vibe, then comes the vote. The language is almost disarmingly procedural, like onboarding at a corporate gig. That’s the point. By translating an infamous, feared institution into the bland logic of committees and sponsorship, Zito quietly normalizes it.

The intent is twofold: to demystify and to legitimize. “Prospect” and “sponsored” are the key tells. Those terms borrow from fraternities, unions, even politics - structures that signal order, hierarchy, and rules. The subtext is that the club isn’t chaos; it’s governance. That matters because the Hells Angels brand trades on contradiction: outsiders see menace and lawlessness, insiders insist on discipline and tradition. Zito’s phrasing sells the insider view without explicitly arguing it.

There’s also a subtle power move baked into the “they’ll vote on you” cadence. It reminds you that acceptance is scarce and controlled; you don’t join by wanting it hard enough. You’re evaluated, managed, filtered. In celebrity hands, this becomes a credibility flex: proximity to an organization with strict gatekeeping reads as status. Zito isn’t just describing a process; he’s telling you the club’s real currency is belonging - and belonging has a price, paid in loyalty and patience.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Zito, Chuck. (2026, January 18). You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-get-to-know-them-they-get-to-know-you-and-see-20740/

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Zito, Chuck. "You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-get-to-know-them-they-get-to-know-you-and-see-20740/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-get-to-know-them-they-get-to-know-you-and-see-20740/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Chuck Zito (born March 1, 1953) is a Celebrity from USA.

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