Comment Re:Culture as a mirror (Score 1) 121
I agree that "counterculture" and "pop culture" are closely related. One thing that I've found ironic for a long time is that many people attach themselves to a counterculture because they want to be seen as independent thinkers that make their own decisions and don't just "follow the masses."
Yet many of these individuals are painfully predictable, since they take whatever stance or action is the exact opposite of what is pushed by "pop culture." By doing this, they aren't showing independent thought at all, they are still slaves to popular culture just as much as those that follow it. The only difference is that they wait for what popular culture says, then do the exact opposite, thinking to themselves that they are unique.
(It reminds me of good old Monty Python, where the whole mass of people claims in unison, "We're all individuals." Then one chap pipes up, "I'm not!") Why is it that all of these counterculture folks look and act exactly the same? How unique does that make them?
I don't mean to be troll-bait, but I am curious what others think about this.
JMTC,
Padanando
Yet many of these individuals are painfully predictable, since they take whatever stance or action is the exact opposite of what is pushed by "pop culture." By doing this, they aren't showing independent thought at all, they are still slaves to popular culture just as much as those that follow it. The only difference is that they wait for what popular culture says, then do the exact opposite, thinking to themselves that they are unique.
(It reminds me of good old Monty Python, where the whole mass of people claims in unison, "We're all individuals." Then one chap pipes up, "I'm not!") Why is it that all of these counterculture folks look and act exactly the same? How unique does that make them?
I don't mean to be troll-bait, but I am curious what others think about this.
JMTC,
Padanando
