Fyraltari watches The Clone Wars (2008) for the first time

[Grim Portent]

So what, Hutts have an absurdly efficient welfare-state?

EDIT: ypu'd think a sppecies typecasted as "ruthless criminals" ould have a more "dog eat dog" mentality.

I think the way to think of it is that Hutt's are family, and family takes care of family. Though more in a nepotism way than a welfare way. They're a gerontocracy btw, age is valued and respected in itself and tends to be a quality of the members of the Hutt council, which can contribute to a general slow pace of cultural change.

Sometimes family 'takes care of' family too.

If a Hutt is genuinely poor, incompetent or otherwise unable to cut it their relatives either make sure they wind up in some low level white collar position for the family, or discretely kill them for being a failure. If a relative, such as your mother or sibling, winds up in destitution it shows that you as a Hutt are a failure, so social pressure makes most Hutts provide for their close kin.

Menial jobs are done by slaves, lots of slaves. The Hutts basically have entire species enslaved or in a position so close to slavery the difference becomes irrelevant. Slaves provide entertainment, grow and prepare food, fix machines, fight on the Hutt's behalf and so on and so forth.

Are all Hutt's wealthy members of the crime families? No, probably not, but one of them trying to be different is like a real life mobster's kid trying to distance themselves from the criminal aspect of their family, no matter how much they try the family is going to be keeping an eye on them for various reasons.