Tuesday, May 5, 2009
power structures
ok this one comes from an interesting source. i had all my icp albums on shuffle and the song "Ninja" from the "Tunnel of Love" EP (good ep as well) comes on. I hadn't heard it all the way through but the beat caught my ear so I stopped surfing the web haha to listen to what Violent J was spittin'. So the whole song is about J's phantasy of having the fighting skills and ability of a romanticized movie-type ninja (ie seemingly unbeatable, never caught or punished, other worldly). The thing is he frames it all these situations where some one of certain social circumstances could viably find a sense of justice in this glorified violent action. It makes you think of social justice. Is it a natural inclination to feel a want for physical punishment on those who seemingly over step certain social bounds? Moreso I found the power dynamic interesting. basically J wants ninja powers just to be able to act without fear of circumstance. He yearns to erase the social stigma of repercussion associated with gut reactions to strike. mainly he is talking of a power to always know you can overcome the adversary. no longer is the person you wish to physically harm a threat to you. you wish to already have confidence in your power over another. the physical power dynamic (which i believe is a natural urge), i think plays a large roll in how people interact with one another. i'd be more likely to go after a few assholes if i knew my ninja skills gave me absolute advantage over them. so is fear and uncertainty part of social teaching or is almost like a natural check on our violent natural side? since we cannot have absolute ninja power over each other (with such fantasized confidence) we have varying degrees of intimidation causing ripples in social settings and how people treat one another. so the ninja thing sounds awesome right? but doesn't it threaten natural justice? but damn it feels horrible to not be certain of control...the contradictions roll on
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