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The term gang has a negative connotation and is a limitted perspective for why they exist. Like frats, gangs exisit to help people with shared perspectivies to derive a variety of benefits only possible from a group. Religions serve the same purpose. They are indeed natural, but when you have charismatic leaders who exploit their leadership role the results can be catastrophic. Our biggest problem has to do with how our "gangs" are valued and perceived by ourselves and others. For poor, uneducated people the options are often limited to street gangs and the church, so I don't begrudge either institution at least until they start harming people.