You've got it backwards. The culture you aren't opposed to was one where they were tightly moderated and controlled. The one you don't like is what happens when the chains come off.
-A value system (currency) based on "Respect" (aka "Juice")
-Gang hierarchy determined by level of "Respect" that has been earned through actions. (aka "Juice")
-Loyalty to a gang (and associated hierarchy) supersedes all rules/laws
-"Respect" earned through ability to intimidate, command respect through force, and willingness to engage in "high-risk behavior," particularly unlawful activities
-Proclivity to dominate woman and "inferior" males, particularly those that reject "Prison Culture" system of values (i.e. business owners and up-standing citizens)
-Rejection of all conventional norms related to honor, integrity, hard-work, and character (now classified as "white culture," though denigrated by all races that embrace prison culture ethos)
This value system was developed in an environment where lawful free-market economy is non-existent, and where rules/regulations are HIGHLY moderated. (i.e. Marxist utopia) So naturally, they had to come up with a way to determine pecking order. Violence and strength become the primary metric for establishing social hierarchy, with a limited black-market economy forming that naturally favors the strong and immoral.
Then these people leave prison, and bring that value-system with them to the streets.
Make no mistake, it is prison culture. Right down to the baggy pants and the hatred of police/authority.
You've got it backwards. The culture you aren't opposed to was one where they were tightly moderated and controlled. The one you don't like is what happens when the chains come off.
"Prison Culture"
-A value system (currency) based on "Respect" (aka "Juice")
-Gang hierarchy determined by level of "Respect" that has been earned through actions. (aka "Juice")
-Loyalty to a gang (and associated hierarchy) supersedes all rules/laws
-"Respect" earned through ability to intimidate, command respect through force, and willingness to engage in "high-risk behavior," particularly unlawful activities
-Proclivity to dominate woman and "inferior" males, particularly those that reject "Prison Culture" system of values (i.e. business owners and up-standing citizens)
-Rejection of all conventional norms related to honor, integrity, hard-work, and character (now classified as "white culture," though denigrated by all races that embrace prison culture ethos)
This value system was developed in an environment where lawful free-market economy is non-existent, and where rules/regulations are HIGHLY moderated. (i.e. Marxist utopia) So naturally, they had to come up with a way to determine pecking order. Violence and strength become the primary metric for establishing social hierarchy, with a limited black-market economy forming that naturally favors the strong and immoral.
Then these people leave prison, and bring that value-system with them to the streets.
Make no mistake, it is prison culture. Right down to the baggy pants and the hatred of police/authority.