Joining a street gang is a conservative thing to do.
Young men in America are lacking in discipline. Many of them have no fathers and have been taught to distrust authority and the establishment. Yet they join gangs. A gang is a military unit, a brotherhood, a family. Gangs are run by strict rules and regulations. These young men are looking for structure and authority figures. Since the welfare system has encouraged minority fathers to abdicate their responsibility to their children, these young men must seek support and discipline from other men by joining gangs. The liberal fear of being labeled racist has prevented teachers from enforcing discipline and stucture in US schools. Most people crave structure and need to know their place in a culture and society. Gangs give inner city youth what they are not getting from our school system and their own fathers.
posted by Miss Carnivorous @ 7:48 PM
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People are interesting, its not about opposing authority its about opposing the "norm". For gang members conforming to parental and instructional authority is normal and they want to rebel. Converts are similar in that respect, Christianity/Judaism/Islam. These are things your raised with that everyone does, before you know it Scientology is looking really tempting, know what I'm saying?
Yes but its conformity posing as non conformity. It is in the end the same thing as joining the US military. Human beings want to belong to a group. This is natural behavior. There is nothing in our society to replace the gangs for these kids because we preach that being differnt is so great. they just want to be accepted. The truth is, differences are problematical. I think one of the reasons that Muslim men join terror plots in the US is the need to belong and be accepted by a group. Boys need approval and reinforcement from other men. remember the scene in Syriana when the terror recruiter at the madrassa is making the teens virginity seem like a good thing instead of the shameful thing they think it is? Boys crave the approval of leaders, that is if they are not leaders themselves.
World domination is not all it's cracked up to be, just ask Ohlmert!
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