"They have weaknesses we don’t," Emerson said, settling deeper into her reclining chair. She cracked off a chip of her praline and studied the floating bird. "The major weakness of criminal groups is their innate lack of trust. That’s why so many of them rely on family blood ties. Especially families from oppressed minorities—a double reason for group loyalty against the outside world. But an organization that can’t rely on the free loyalty of its members is forced to rely on gesellschaft . On industrial methods."