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    Early Gangbanger Fiction

    It used to be the rich or nobly-born who made a lifestyle out of killing one another. Theories that derive violence from deprivation should take that into account.
    by Ta-Nehisi Coates Aug 10, 2010 2 minutes

    Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Mark Kleiman.

    Just finished reading (re-reading, actually) a book about a young man who starts out in life with almost no money, no job, no job-relevant education, and an active aversion to honest labor. His only assets are a deadly

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