Week 9 Blog

I completely agree with his stance on social deviance as I believe that there are too many people in the world who simply let the higher powers dictate how they live their lives. When saying this I am not saying to not follow rules and to be a rebel in society. All I am saying is that people need to realize that the intentions of the people who are quote on quote in charge are not always what they make it out to be. I know many people who are close to me that allow the higher powers to dictate their actions and trains of thought to the point where they don’t know how to think for themselves and come up with their own ideas. I also know many people who live life the way they want to without letting anything or anyone else dictate that. I personally identify myself with those types of people. That does not mean I am out here breaking rules and causing problems in society. All it means is that I don’t listen to someone or something that comes from the higher powers without thinking about it myself and forming an opinion and my next actions based on that. A good example of this that I can use is when the corona virus first started and everything went into lock down. Since I am from Canada the mandates were a lot more strict than they were in the U.S. In Canada “authorities” said that you cannot leave your house unless it is for a reason you must like getting food, water, etc. Me being a basketball player getting ready to go into my first season in college, could not just sit at home without training. Because of people I knew who had private gyms I was able to get access to a gym to continue training. When I would go training I would take precaution by only going with my dad and making sure no one else would be there at the sametime. It was completely safe but, it was considered against the law based on what the “authorities” were telling us to do. My point is that there are the people who don’t listen to what the “authorities” say word for word and continue living life without harming others, and then there’s the people who would have literally stayed in their house for many months in a row because that’s what they were told to do. I believe that you have to find a fine line between doing your own thing as a person as well as following the rules. I just could not imagine living a life where I do what I am told for my whole life because most people conform to the norms of society. If everyone did the same thing as everyone else we would live in a pretty boring world so it is important to have your own thoughts and opinions. A lot of intellectuals could be mistaken for being rebels and non-conformist when all they are doing is something that most people don’t do.