Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value.
Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.
I have a very normal social group that I really feed off of. They ground me. They're super supportive.
There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means is that every social group has its own linguistic bonding mechanism. If there's a group of lawyers, they have their own slang. If there's a group of doctors, they have their own slang, and so on.
No citizen or social group can be completely isolated from politics, because policy decisions and actions affect their lives.
Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member.
No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again.
Every different social group that I encountered had its different set of rules, so you learn very quickly how to pick up the nuances and change yourself accordingly. When you are not from anywhere, you have to try to find what's universal. You are always trying to fit in.
In high school, I made friends with people in every social group. Or at least that's how I perceived it. I thought they liked me. Maybe they didn't!
