Being a bunch of hazards perhaps maybe better than being a bunch of dangerous thugs who have had less opportunity to eke a more morally legal means of earning a living.
*kitsons, I am surprised you are buying into this twisted logic. Again, it is not an either or situation. It does not necessarily follow that if they don't engage in the kuliglig business they will automatically become thugs. That's akin to saying that if you don't go to college you will automatically go to jail. Obviously that is a possible consequence albeit a stretch. It is one of several possibilities albeit a ridiculous assumption at best.

If they can afford to be in the kuliglig business, then chances are they can afford a whole range of other opportunities. It is just a matter of perseverance. To believe their only alternative is to be a thug is similar to agreeing with the jeepney driver who rationalizes his lack of discipline by saying he is just poor and deserves to drive recklessly because he needs to meet his boundary. Don't tell me you agree with such kind of rationalization? Do you?