Civility persists because businesses have the police to protect them. Black market operations (such as drug dealers) don't have police protection. Then, they do shoot it out with each other.
Chris > The company that I work for is a "cooperative group that operates > according to coordinated, joint strategies", and it competes with > other such groups on a daily basis. Why is there no violent gang > warfare between us? Could it be that civility persists because > companies are VOLUNTARY cooperatives instead of COERCIVE protection > rackets? > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
