Just imagine that a woman has about 10 children, then forced them to have about 5 grandchildren per child. Now she has a gang. And all of that only because she wants to have full control over the neighborhood /s

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So Quebec during the Revenge of the cradles?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Revanche_des_berceaux

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow. History never ceases to amaze me

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There isn't much detail in the English article, but to give you an example of how crazy things got, the 25th child of a family had free education... The average was 14 child per family at its peak! French Canadians in New Brunswick went from 15% to 40% of the province's population over a century even if french immigration was basically non existent while English immigration was...

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You make it sound like bad to have a family gang. It has so many uses, great for ilegal stuff, great for polítics, great for business, it is all benefits of controlling up to certain point a large group of people and having a strong link with them.