I wonder how much movies, books, social media influences our perceived views of human behavior. For example, to some, poverty means criminal, church attendance means good. Mark Twain said it best, "There is no true criminal class in America, with the exception of Congress."
When we view the voting record and hypocrisies of some members of the legislature, we tar even the truly righteous with the same brush. So it is with any group, and we form our opinion on what the news media decides to give us.
So true, our reference frames may be socially conditioned in a manner similar to mimetic desire. Moreover, we tend to give "insiders" the benefit of the doubt and judge "outsiders" more harshly. Twain is timeless.
It's hard to predict human's behaviour. How someone will behave is depending on the situations that shape it. The emotional state at that point of time trigger different behavior reflection.
I wonder how much movies, books, social media influences our perceived views of human behavior. For example, to some, poverty means criminal, church attendance means good. Mark Twain said it best, "There is no true criminal class in America, with the exception of Congress."
When we view the voting record and hypocrisies of some members of the legislature, we tar even the truly righteous with the same brush. So it is with any group, and we form our opinion on what the news media decides to give us.
So true, our reference frames may be socially conditioned in a manner similar to mimetic desire. Moreover, we tend to give "insiders" the benefit of the doubt and judge "outsiders" more harshly. Twain is timeless.
It's hard to predict human's behaviour. How someone will behave is depending on the situations that shape it. The emotional state at that point of time trigger different behavior reflection.