Remember that most gangs are made up of stupid as shit 12-18 year olds. Like really, gang members are young. These are preteens and teens with guns and weapons. They’re fucking stupid.
Do gangs "jump in" new recruits? Or is that just for movies and tv shows? If so why do they do that kinda seems anti productive.
Submitted 11 months ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 11 months ago
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 11 months ago
FloMo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I would imagine it’s a multi-part solution:
You either are jumped in and prove yourself to be tough enough to roll with them, or you can’t tough it out but they’ve already beat you to a pulp once so ideally they’ve made their point and intimidated you out of speaking against them/talking to cops or trying out for rivals.
Full disclosure: I don’t have experience in this and am mostly speculating.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Can’t speak to now, but 30 years ago? Yeah.
meco03211@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You seen Fight Club? Making them stand on the porch while they were hit and berated was part of the initiation. It showed they were committed. Similar thoughts to gangs. Unsure how prevalent it still is.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Organizations often put new employees through shared trauma to force a feeling of comraderie and submission to management so I don’t see why gangs would be any different.
Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So like nursing where during clinicals you have to do a 48 on 24 off and 48 on and on during rotation?
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Oh man - health care is absolutely guilty of this. Residents and nurses go through hell to gain their professional credentials.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Steven Hassan was a former member of the Moonies cult that obtained a PhD in psychology after being deprogrammed and has written books on the psychology of cult recruiting. Interestingly, he points out that the same tactics are often used by organizations that aren’t cults. I highly recommend reading one of his books!
andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Never thought about that before, but now I’m curious: what exactly makes a gang not a cult?