Mircotrends are small scale hobbies that approximately 1% of the US population is involved in. Although 1% may seem like a miniature amount, considering the total is in the billions, that is a lot of people seeking new time consumers such as teenage knitters and video gaming moms.
I think the rise of micro trends is based mostly on the conflict between trying to fit in and attempting to be different. It seems to me that if you become involved some small-scale trend you are above all the other poor folks who are still stuck in the more wide spread ways of being fashionably amused.
It seems that Hilary Clinton is hiring the author of Mircotrends, Mark Penn, for her campaign in an attempt to tap into the web of mini trends that run the world. I believe that Clinton's reasoning behind this move is that there are various groups, who if satisfied individually, will vote for her where as if she had attempted to rally one large group, there would be much less agreement and harmony.
As for free society I believe God gave us our right to hold opinions and no person should be able to take that right away, however, God also gave us rules. If our opinions are not in line with God's laws than we will suffer the consequences of our own actions. In this particular subject the area of gay rights was brought up. Apparently the majority are still opposed to gay marriage, but agree that gays should have equal right in the work place. My only thought on this is that, there is no way to sit on the fence, you are either on one side or the other. Every lifestyle is, to some extent, a choice. In other words you chose it you live with it and all the opinions and rules that go along with it.
I think Penn has been waiting quiet a while for the opportune time to publish this book. Waiting for the right political setup and the most favorable and open American mindset. Right now everyone is very interested in how things work, thus this book seems to explain a myriad of things. Since Penn's name is attached to Clinton's, and there is a unspoken code that implies that if you agree with one, you agree with who they agree with, I have my doubts that Penn randomly chose his publishing date.
Being a student of Wiemar Academy I see lots of different student tends, but not to many that coincide with the national ones (knitting was a big deal in the dorm last year though). I myself don't know of any deeply buried micretrend that I cherish in secret, but then again, who knows.
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