• sourcesaregoodfolks [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    It's almost directly lifted from a common Chomsky talking point. Market discipline for the poor's but endless welfare for the wealthy. I haven't listened to the song yet but folks comments made me immediately think of that framing-- which I would argue is a pretty good one.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The rest of the song's okay, just if you know what market socialism actually is (it's socialism - with markets) that line kind of comes out of nowhere.

      • sourcesaregoodfolks [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I'd lean towards a charitable interpretation that he just misused the term to mean socialism for the markets, if the context supports that take pretty well