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Low level drug dealers face far worse pay and conditions than workers in most minimum wage jobs.
Low level crack dealers in gangs face worse pay and conditions than workers in most minimum wage jobs. My friendly independent neighborhood pot dealer makes a good living. There is still a risk of being robbed etc. without any legal recourse, but I'd imagine it's a lot lower if you aren't selling crack in the inner city.
That leaves me with a question that they were nice enough to explicitly ask at the end of the page:
Do they answer it later in the chapter?
Status-seeking, essentially. Gang leaders are very high status in some circles, dealing drugs through gangs is a necessary part of becoming one. Of course actually becoming a gang leader is extremely unlikely, but then there aren't many self-described rationalists who deal crack.
Yeah. They say that there's a slim chance of becoming a successful drug dealer and making tons of money, so people see those guys and try to be like them.
For what it's worth, I imagine that being a suburban weed dealer is an entirely different ball game. OP might want to look into that.
See, i see that question and assume the answer is probably extreme poverty and inability to make money any other way.