The Evolution of gangs

Gangs develop because of a lack of psychological needs, says Abraham Maslow, these needs come in a hierarchy. Lower Level Needs are the kind of things you need to survive, so that would be like food, water, warmth and safety. Where as Higher level needs would be the kind of things you need to be fulfilled such as belongingness, esteem and self actualisation.


You'll find the Higher Level Needs are more common for making gangs than the Lower Level Needs and are most important at an early age which leads some criminologists to believe that it is a rejection of social norms that cause gang violence, be it hating the way people expect you to make money by not selling drugs you will think "no thanks mate" or if you need a good education that is not provided by the public education system you might turn to Gangs to make you money without the need for the tedious system in place.




Whichever way the cookie crumbles being in a low socio economic area is a perfect place for gang culture to develop and thrive. Be it because you need money for food and water leading you to steal and cheat; then joining the gang for ease of access or be it because you need to show society that you don't live by their rules so you decide to make money by selling drugs and preforming hits

Japanese rice farming

Japan is in the perfect position for rice farming, Japan's average temperature is 26°C (5 degrees above the perfect temperature), with large open places (since the bronze age) and a good rainy season.
Why does this matter? it matters because the way to properly water rice is to basically drown it in at least two inches of water (although some farmers say you can just keep the soil constantly moist) and you need to spread out rice seeds to four inches so you can effectively use your space while still preventing crowding.
The way this effects Japanese culture is because of how difficult rice farming is really difficult so concepts like wa (balance), understanding the context of actions and conscience seeking. This cultural belief system could have originated before the bronze age as well because all of the food they needed was up in the trees, however I am doubtful of this because it makes a lot more since that a culture revolves around seeing people do labour then seeing them get tired from it, being like "wow that guy is lazy" then doing it yourself and thinking "hold on that guy lasted much longer than me I respect that guy" because that would explain the understanding of context and conscience seeking parts all stemming form guilt everyone felt for thinking "oh this looks really easy... wait never mind I was wrong"

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Hello, I'm Mark McHugh, this is my blog about the effect Geography has on cultural evolution