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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
This should be true of Western Europe too, since all Western European countries (UK, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark) are capitalist. However, these countries have all nurtured electronic music even when capitalist institutions haven't.
I think a Marxist explanation like yours rings true in the US not so much because of the capitalism (although I admit it's more rampant in the US than in Europe), but because the US is very under-populated compared to Europe. There's a lot of distance between population centres and it's harder for underground scenes to spread and become movements. The size and relatively sparse population in the US means that the media is much more influential in the spread and dictation of ideology and cultural products, because only things lik TV can reach a large percentage of the people at once, thus making widespread culture much more controlled. |
Western Europe follows a capitalist system, but there system is much more laid back and not nowhere at America's level, and not nearly as effeciency and productivity driven. I mean in western European countries they have things like Free Healthcare and Free College education. They have relaxed things like Tea Time in the middle of work hours. So the capitalist system in Western Europe is nowhere whip and shackles like it is in America, its far more laid back and there is stronger solidarity which reflects onto the scene. And then like I said earlier you have the cultures, they are more tight knit and overlapping in socio economic standings, and they have a common race amongst eachother.
I think you make a good point about how spaced out America is and that the media has more power in their dictation on culture, but Im not sure if that stops underground scenes from happening. I think underground scenes can happen regardless of the power of the government and the media, and probably a driver for the creation of Underground scenes as rebellious movements against the power of government, media, and social norms.
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