Remember that the New York Mafia started out as a group to keep Italian immigrants into the US safe. Hell, MOST of those groups (the Irish, Blacks, Jews, etc) had their own Mafia, and all for the same reason. Gangs obviously arent above gunning down their enemies for turf or for pushing drugs. But they would have still wanted to keep at least some order otherwise your entire operation can fall apart.

It sounds like instead its just general anarchy and you have random thugs running around screaming "CHAOS REIGNS!!!!" and doing whatever the hell they want, regardless of stability, for seemingly no other reason than they are violent sociopaths who gain joy in the chaos and mayhem.

Remember that the New York Mafia started out as a group to keep Italian immigrants into the US safe. Hell, MOST of those groups (the Irish, Blacks, Jews, etc) had their own Mafia, and all for the same reason. Gangs obviously arent above gunning down their enemies for turf or for pushing drugs. But they would have still wanted to keep at least some order otherwise your entire operation can fall apart.

It sounds like instead its just general anarchy and you have random thugs running around screaming "CHAOS REIGNS!!!!" and doing whatever the hell they want, regardless of stability, for seemingly no other reason than they are violent sociopaths who gain join in the chaos and mayhem.