But in Chicago, the thug culture dominates, and those who hate it are both in a minority - and pretty powerless to do anything, as the thugs have the guns.........
I don’t disagree with your post, but the “thug culture” has roots. I believe it’s to easy to absolve all but the thug. There is a sub-culture that implicitly or explicitly supports this behavior. Their very well may be innocents in the crossfire also a lot of complicity. The same for Venezuela.