Popular
culture is one of the most controversial subjects of today’s world. It manages
to draw attention somehow and it seems that in the future debates about it will
go on. Moreover, unfortunately, it will not be less important than now.
If I am to handle
popular culture, I can define it as being addicted to, heavily influenced by or
accepting what the majority like or think without questioning or trying it. This definition leads one to different
questions and concepts. The first question that comes to my mind is that “what
kind of people do ‘the majority’ consist of?” To answer this, I can give ‘the chain’
as a good example. Every one of popular culture members is just a ring of the
great chain, or, with a brighter simile, a legendary Pink Floyd saying “all in
all you’re just another brick in the wall.” Yes, popular culture is a wall and
all the people addicted to it are just useless and insignificant bricks.
There is
another element of popular culture, which is more effective than the chain
part. What I mean by that is a group of people who direct these bricks, in
other words, people. They manipulate whatever they want and use it for their
own welfare. They are made up of different people all around the world and
their most common feature is that they are all rich. Media bosses, heads of
world’s biggest companies and different organizations like Illuminati are
included in this group.
Popular
culture is inevitable, because people are always exposed to the thing manipulators
want to make popular again and again. They cannot hide or run away from it even
if they want to. Their minds are somehow impressed by it very deeply through
subliminal messages or overwhelmingly exposure.
I can give
some example for popular culture elements. The first one is fast-food restaurants
such as Burger King and McDonald’s. People go to eat there, but they are not
saturated with it. However, they insistently deny this fact, and they pretend
to be saturated with! Liars! They are just liars. They go these places just for
they are popular.
Another popular
culture component is music. Everyone listens to one song, and even if the song
is not good, others keep listening to it. I can give an awful song “Gangnam
Style” as an example.
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