RE: The Psychology Of Control: The Manufacturing Of Gang Culture & The Drug War
Great post mate and a subject many are afraid to touch upon.
I remember when the earliest hip hop/rap came out and liked a lot of it until it centered solely on glorifying the worst aspects of the community it was born from.
The ABC’s in the US and I suspect the U.K. have much to answer to regarding the importation and proliferation of drugs and the gangster culture that now surrounds them.
If you look through modern history whenever the government launches a ‘War on’ whether it be drugs, terror or poverty you can be sure things are going to get worse, it’s what they do....
It’s all about the enrichment of a select few and control of the masses, through division this becomes easier and a doped up, divided and dependant populace is easier to ‘herd’.
A cracker of a post as ever buddy, resteemed.
Hey @tremendospercy as always thank you for the support my friend .. hope you're well.
Yes like yourself I clearly remember when the narrative and the message changed .. indeed it occurred so quickly it was as if someone had flicked a switch. I think many of the gangsta rappers were fairly young and didn't realise that by verbalising their own anger they were feeding a culture that was destroying their communities. The record companies decided to put that type of material at the forefront and so equally the up and coming rappers felt a pressure to emulate the style and outdo each other on the shock factor .. I aso think labels whipped up beefs between various crews to gain coverage, I mean from a purely cold perhaps psychopathic perspective those shootings and deaths must have been good for business .. did 2pac & Biggie sell more albums alive or dead? It was a controlled snowball effect.
Yes I couldn't agree more .. I guess the best we can hope for is that they launch a war on peace .. then we may actually have some!!
It really saddens me how people fall for the same crap over and over again .. we must rise above it and become wise to the sick games of division and control that are being played with our lives.
Thanks again my friend