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Does it occur that the gangs are an attempt from within consistently brutalized communities to mirror their brutalizers

• beervirus 6y ago
  Nothing is anyone's fault, huh. He's not a murderer--he's just brutalized and oppressed.
• Nasrudith 6y ago
  It has little to do with their brutalizers, it is the nature of physical power and corruption. Many times throughout history gangs form for self protection in absense of a functioning authority. Regardless they inevitably get involved in a racket of some sort or assert their claim to some sort of territory and become just another band of violent thugs out for themselves and a scourge on their host community. The remotely closest thing to a gang that hasn't progressed to that probably isn't like that are the Guardian Angels safety patrols. Being brutalized is neither neccessary nor sufficent, although it may make them more likely. If the "configuration" arises essentially they will go down that path.