Well, it begins very suddenly, but it takes a long, long time. The wind and the waves keep no course. Against the tired motion of travel 'round this hell, we set our sights on stranger shores; we drink deeply from the sea, our once and future home; we sail from madness towards glory and heaven and earth. Slowly, always slowly. Our heads have been lost. Our ships burnt. Our hands skilled in all but love. Yet, the shores await us amd exalt in our patience. What calling! What storm! What fate!

Commercial logic also enters into "theoretical" formation. With a growing mass of ideological commodity-capital to realize, it becomes necessary to create a deep motivation so people will buy commodities. For this the best motivation is: learn more, read more, in order to be above, in order to be different from the mass. Prestige and exclusion are the signs of competition in all its forms; and so also among these gangs, which must vaunt their originality, their prestige, in order to attract notice. This is why the cult of the organization and the glorification of the peculiarities of the gang develop. From that point on, it's no longer a question of defending a "theory," but of preserving an organizational tradition...