Through the last decade in British culture, we have seen the development of thousands of youth movements. The majority of these 'movements' failed to have much of an influence on fellow youths, and subsequently, they fell short in competition. A small number of groups did succeed--as they have always done. With the development of certain music genres (chosen, stimulated and bought by the new youth demographic) in commercial industry, these youth groups grew in number. In time, they became a majority upon the youth scene leaving not only a deep impression in youth culture, but on society as a whole.
Many in good time have perished (or at least been corroded) as members matured physically as well as mentally. The continuity of these tribes of children depended (and still depends) upon the longevity of their chosen genre of music and the franchise which surrounds them. Without one there cannot be the other. Without a stimulus for rebellious thought, there can be no medium for revolutionary attire. I use the words ‘rebellious’ and ‘revolutionary’ to describe the Marxist pretence of their appearances, to consider them truly rebellious and revolutionary would be equally as mistaken as them.
The most predominant group of teenager is the Chav. With the corporate production of Rap music or Hip-hop, the Kev became the precursor for the Chav and swiftly died with the rest of its ‘gangsta’ evolutionary branches.
Though by no means is my understanding of the term ‘Chav’ widely accepted, from my own observations its became equally true as many other definitions—though many contradictions are made.
Some assert that Chavs are the simple excess of a working class society which lacks values or moderation. This is true to an extent; they share many imperatives with the rest of modern society, with the exception of Bourgeoisie morality as I shall explain in good time. With the application of wealthare for the masses came the inevitable fact that the proletariat now had the means for subsistence without having to sell labour to survive. Work was now completely optional, and those that continued to do so had enough income to become basic consumers. Paying for what one needed was unnecessary and wants became the priority. The luxuries that they were once denied to them due to circumstances imposed by the upper classes were now readily available so long as one had the cash (which they did).
Consumerists being consumerists supplied the hungry masses with what they wanted. Expensive jewellery, designer clothes, designer drugs and cheap alcohol were readily sold and purchased. When the labourers’ chav saplings eroded the society around them, the bourgeoisie complained of a ‘lack of morality’ in the ‘commoners’ and ‘yobs’. But the principles of the concerned bourgeoisie are exactly what caused such an outbreak in the first place. Principles designed to separate the unfavourable from the favoured (whether personal action or people) and after many years of economical and social segregation, the proletariat broke out into a frenzy of escalating consumption. The commercialists will continue to fulfil the materialistic desires of the chav so long as the chav is able. This is the price of greed and the cost of alienating entire peoples, but this like any other price is one capitalists and society at large are willing to pay. Lessons aren’t necessary when you can pay off the tutor, and neither is education relevant to her when she’s provided for. That is to say, no one is going to school today.
