Posted by Hax Templar on
URL: https://mikraite.arkian.net/Modern-Culture-tp41p416.html

I found a version of Zimmerman's book as an ebook on Amazon.  It's abridged but still very interesting.

Ever notice how gangs in the west are basically emergent trustee families? The gangs hold each other's members communally responsible for actions and often hold property in trust for the gang as an entity.  If allowed to exist for long enough they probably would just start calling themselves families, some of them already do.