Decline of the American empire: The Old Media

[RawAlex]

Nobody their age is really talking to them about it. The current role models are people like Eminem or 50 cent or whatever: Get rich or die trying. There is nobody out there at 20 or 22 or whatever attempting to change the world in any powerful way, the current protest movements are run by the grey haired versions of the 60's peaceniks and dope smoking hippies (my father's words). Nobody has ever really come along and filled the void since that time.

The result? From the kids view, the anti-war thing is run "by your parents" and racial equality is run by Jesse Jackson or whatever. Not very many younger people have taken a position or gotten enough of a following to take power - nor is the media very interested in playing these younger people's views to their near geriatric audience.

The kids tune out, and instead they learn how to rob, lie, steal, and kill from other sources.

Alex

[virgohippy]

I dunno... Tupac and Dr. Dre have some pretty heavy political messages in their lyrics sometimes.

But you do make a good point about older generations making it difficult for political involvement to seem like a daring and new thing.