However, such lyrics and their praise by the far right reflect the fact that class consciousness and anger are often expressed through and alongside confused, distorted, and even reactionary sentiments.
thumbing through my Marx for Dummies book hm pretty sure it says here that class consciousness is when you blame the most impoverished segment of the working class for the immiseration of the working class
For real why can't we go a week without some dogshit trot blog falling for a conservative op?
Also, while I get the poetic nature of the title, super sus that it’s just the rich men north of Richmond he’s singing against. The rich men south of Richmond are just as much the problem.
Because he's only talking about politicians, not the capitalists. Washington DC is north of Richmond. He seems to have a Joe Rogan level understanding of politics
Which is, unfortunately, extremely resonant with a lot of the internet. Everyone fills in the blanks with their own perceived bourgeoisie and everyone gets an anthem, but the actual culprits are never mentioned
hell, Richmond itself has plenty of rich men. They're probably his neighbors.
I don't remember if it was here but I saw someone recommend singing the title of this song to the Flintstones theme and now literally every time that's all I can think of
Mfw a Canadian rapper made a remix that references the fabricated groomer panic and claims that partisanship and politics is what is keeping school shootings going
