| Comment | its not about a "sole determining factor" its about multi-generational poverty and the sense of hopelessness that creates which leads to young people finding that the only thing that actually makes them feel something inside is being popular amongst their friends, which leads to them being popular amongst a gang, which leads to them being violent as part of a gang so that their friends like them. your horizons in these communities are so limited that theres nothing else you feel you can do to sustain your worth as a person, or your future. so yeah, in the immortal words of travis view: its not ideal. but the solution to these problems is providing decent education and basic services to these communities which they do not have, to enable working class kids to have access to things that makes them feel worthwhile. but whatever im very glad you grew up in a posh bit of coatbridge and were able to safely seclude you and your pals by having my chemical romance listening parties or whatever the fuck |
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