Topic: Politics
Gang and other international warfare.
A nation is a corporation, at least in the Latin sense of being an organized body of people. Above-ground businesses and many social groups function the same way. There are goals that the organization pursues. And toward that end, there are certain rules and procedures to be followed. Failure to do so results in punishment. These range from being snubbed at church to being declared an enemy combatant and hunted with laser guided bombs.
Each group competes for the loyalty of its members. As most people are members of several groups, the issue is not multiple loyalties, but rather the order of loyalties.
Street gangs are smiler to other organizations in that they provide social support, economic opportunities, and a basic ordered structure to the lives of their members.
Violence arises primarily because they are restricted from otherwise legit. activities like dealing in drugs and arms. Those activities in them selves do not harm anyone and any problems are caused by the personal choices of the users.
The trouble is competition. Not that competition itself is a problem. Just when armed groups vie for dominance, people tent to get hurt. Thus there is competition between cops and gangs, and between gangs and gangs, and between cops and cops (they tend to be more civil about it though, or the federal cops win). Crips and Bloods killing each other is not conceptually different from American and Iraqis killing each other over turf or oil. Any given group or govt. tends to react rather violently when another group or govt. threatens its monopoly of force in a locality.
If everyone was allowed to belong to whatever groups they wanted, and sell whatever there is a market for, there could be a variety of groups wielding force in any given place. Basic economic motivations would point toward cooperation among distinct groups rather than chaos.
Oh wait, that would be following the first and second amendments and allowing for free trade and association.