Are the problems of the cut throat "ghetto culture" the canary in the coal mine for the problems with the hyper individualistic American mentality?

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Basically, a lot of rap lyrics glorify those who have accumulated shit tons of material wealth while saying haters of people who are rich are just jealous because they couldn't hustle (game the system) and say people should only focus on their own self interests (no matter how badly it fucks up their community along the way).Time for us all to wake up:

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hellacray | 1.1K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.

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This is why I avoid mainstream music.

If you want good quality music you got to find it yourself. The mainstream trash all sounds pretty much the same anyways.

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OddBeMe | 6.5K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.

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Media has never been proven to affect human behavior. I doubt crime is “inspired” by rap music so much as fans just like the image. Like all cultures.

goaded

1 mo
Are you sure about that?

I mean, wouldn't that mean propaganda doesn't work, when it clearly does?
OddBeMe

1 mo
@goaded Based on solely researched articles, teens playing hours of violent games for days long don’t have one blip of violence in their personality. Now when it comes to political and religious propaganda, thats could be deifferent.

GTA5 ain’t trying to steal you soul.
goaded

1 mo
That's true. What you do in real life is more influenced by your environment; people who are likely to really do GTA things are probably surrounded by people doing GTA things (and not playing GTA).
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MountAverage

1 mo
There have been studies about violent TV having negative impact on kid's behavior.
goaded

1 mo
@MountAverage I knew a man who, as a young child, knocked his brother out by hitting him over the head with a spade. It was funnier in the cartoons.

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goaded

Are you sure about that?

I mean, wouldn't that mean propaganda doesn't work, when it clearly does?

Answer 4

OddBeMe

@goaded Based on solely researched articles, teens playing hours of violent games for days long don’t have one blip of violence in their personality. Now when it comes to political and religious propaganda, thats could be deifferent.

GTA5 ain’t trying to steal you soul.

Answer 5

goaded

That's true. What you do in real life is more influenced by your environment; people who are likely to really do GTA things are probably surrounded by people doing GTA things (and not playing GTA).

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MountAverage

There have been studies about violent TV having negative impact on kid's behavior.

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goaded

@MountAverage I knew a man who, as a young child, knocked his brother out by hitting him over the head with a spade. It was funnier in the cartoons.

Are the problems of the cut throat "ghetto culture" the canary in the coal mine for the problems with the hyper individualistic American mentality?

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