system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Fantasty] Holy hell, I just walked into town and there's a guild for theives. Why isn't anyone doing something about this?

I hear runors there's a guild for assasins as well and these things are prevelant in this country. What kind of nation is this?
gpt
These people don't just function as normal robbers, taking whatever they want. Often they function more like thieves for hire, stealing specific items on behalf of interested clients.

Said clients tend to be very wealthy and powerful and, in the interests of repeat business, help to keep the law off the thieves guild's back.

There's also the 'safety in numbers' and 'the devil you know' principles at work. Since the thieves guilds tend to act by strict rules (no killing is a universal staple) and act to eliminate freelancers who may be more violent in their actions.