Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate - 0 views

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  #1 Ryan Brown on 08 Nov 11

   

  I think the most interesting comment was the comparison between Jay-z and the U.S. Example - "As Jay-Z got older and more powerful, the marginal benefits of such battles declined and the costs increased even as the number of would-be rivals escalated. Just as the U.S. attracts resentment and rhetorical anti-Americanism simply by virtue of being on top, so did Jay-Z attract a disproportionate number of attackers. "I got beefs with like a hundred children" he bragged/complained on one track. " this is quite an interesting point that is being made, but I have to agree with this statement. I think the U.S. has reached the point that they do not have to worry about every little skirimish in society and only pursue foreign affairs in a strictly benefitting us. This article argues that we have now adopted the policy of pursuing the benefit of everyone here rather than just our society as a whole. We have this polciy but I think right now, in society, we must be weary of outside affairs when we are struggling so bad domestically. Security purposes make sense but anything else should be done at a later date. Jay-z started like this and now has entered the idea of benefitting more people than just this, however, their is a large lone difference between the two, jay-z suffers he loses stature, the U.S. stature, we lose lives. I think it is more important to remember the comparison, but look primarily toward the future.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think the most interesting comment was the comparison between Jay-z and the U.S. Example - "As Jay-Z got older and more powerful, the marginal benefits of such battles declined and the costs increased even as the number of would-be rivals escalated. Just as the U.S. attracts resentment and rhetorical anti-Americanism simply by virtue of being on top, so did Jay-Z attract a disproportionate number of attackers. "I got beefs with like a hundred children" he bragged/complained on one track. " this is quite an interesting point that is being made, but I have to agree with this statement. I think the U.S. has reached the point that they do not have to worry about every little skirimish in society and only pursue foreign affairs in a strictly benefitting us. This article argues that we have now adopted the policy of pursuing the benefit of everyone here rather than just our society as a whole. We have this polciy but I think right now, in society, we must be weary of outside affairs when we are struggling so bad domestically. Security purposes make sense but anything else should be done at a later date. Jay-z started like this and now has entered the idea of benefitting more people than just this, however, their is a large lone difference between the two, jay-z suffers he loses stature, the U.S. stature, we lose lives. I think it is more important to remember the comparison, but look primarily toward the future.</div>

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