Capitalistic Life imitating Art?

Robert Bulman argues that Hollywood presents a preconceived notion that urban students are wild animals. In order for these students to become active members of society they must adopt middle class ideologies in order to become successful. In other words, the urban student must accept and follow the so-called Middle Class notion of the American dream… the true hegemonic belief that our society believes in.
The preservation of the dominant ideals can be justified by what Chomsky calls belief formation. Here each culture… in this case the white middle class dominant culture tries to justify their actions as a way of preserving and satisfying the given ideals. Belief formation is usually if not always used in a fear tactic against the subculture’s ideals and way of living. They try to instill the notion of fear by saying that if you do not conform to these ideals or way of life… then you will not become successful. Because one of the hegemonic beliefs is that happiness is rooted in money and the idea that we must buy the biggest and fastest car. If we have money then we will be happy. After all… this is the American dream. What it really is… is a capitalistic ideal that benefit the fat cats of our society and the middle class has also bought into this belief.