Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>What? They are buying to it BIG time - just look at the enormous popularity
>of everything "gangsta" - video games, movies, attitude, music, fashion,
>shows, patterns of speech. Check the internet chat room - most of what you
>will find is verbal gangsterism, hurling insult sand verbal assaults with no
>shred of reasoning - just what Bush gang does in international politics, the
>industry does in advertising and entertainment, and the populace emulates in
>everyday life.
>
I disagree. This is fashion without substance. The girls at my sister's
private high school all wore tattered clothes the late seventies, cause
it was the grunge look etc. This is no different. Poor people can't
really afford to be vicious to one another. If you don't cooperate when
you're poor, you die. Isolation is largely a luxury of people who are
not living on the edge.
> If you think it is about race, political views or any other REASONED point
>of view (no matter how virtuous or reprehensible, you are missing the point
>entirely. It is all about attitude, images of power, posturing and instant
>gratification of adrenaline rush. That is the only thing that 'works' i.e.
>seems to be getting any popular attention in this media-overstimulated
>world. Everything else is too brainy and booooring, too "libtard," too
>"gay" and too wussy.
>
Well, yeah. Basically, the "gangsta" is the prevailing template for male
identity these days. But it doesn't help you much if you're over twenty
five and you know it.
> Anyone who is serious about getting any political power needs to play this
>game or be lost. You can be an anarchist, or a libertarian, or whatever you
>want, but that will get zero attention unless you shout obscenities, act
>aggressively, viciously attack scapegoats, and insult your opponents.
>
So, if we do all that, what would be the diff between us and them? What
exactly would we be winning if we won?
Joanna
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