The generic answer: Which side are you on? but specifically the Panopticon version.
I also used to hum 16 Tons to myself when I worked in one of my shittiest, dirtiest jobs and needed to keep my brain occupied. It still is weirdly calming when I'm stressed out.
CW meat. They took "butcher" a bit literally for the video
"The Butcher's Sher" by Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird
It's basically Wage, Labor, and Capital the song
Every pair of pants and grain or rice
Contains a horror story in its price
A story of the power people wield
A story about factories and fields
Of which you'll never have to be aware
Just as long as the butcher gets his share
Great songs by Daniel Kahn . Another one of my favourites is March of the jobless corps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVZlh4WC8Js and L' chaim Stalin when drinking with comrades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuZDEphRbes :stalin-approval:
i'm partial to "Bella Ciao". it's martial, but also lively. melancholy, but hopeful. one last party on the eve of the battle.
But he makes for a damn good national anthem. :aus-delenda-est:
