The demographic feels crushed by their parents and grandparents. It seems the older generations have initiated this intergenerational repression. And yet the older generations regard the younger generations with considerable feelings of admiration (but cannot express this admiration and cannot accept their rejection of the community's "teachings").
The community has its "heroes" but these are rejected by the younger generations who venerate anti-heroes.
These anti-heroes are celebrated in music fused with a crude but inventive style of poetry.
Violence permeates almost all creative expression - the generation sees itself as "doomed".
An almost impenetrable underculture has developed, shielding the demographic from observation by external commentators, especially their parents.
Ethnicity, although important, is not fundamental to their weltanschauung - which is formed by a complex attitude towards their parents, an abusive (there is no other word for it) relationship with the opposite sex, a debilitating experience of long-term unemployment, and an apathetic fatalism towards mainstream culture which they feel has rejected them.
The community has its "heroes" but these are rejected by the younger generations who venerate anti-heroes.
These anti-heroes are celebrated in music fused with a crude but inventive style of poetry.
Violence permeates almost all creative expression - the generation sees itself as "doomed".
An almost impenetrable underculture has developed, shielding the demographic from observation by external commentators, especially their parents.
Ethnicity, although important, is not fundamental to their weltanschauung - which is formed by a complex attitude towards their parents, an abusive (there is no other word for it) relationship with the opposite sex, a debilitating experience of long-term unemployment, and an apathetic fatalism towards mainstream culture which they feel has rejected them.
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