I'm not a big music person (by music I mean a subset of "sounds" set), but I love/can appreciate powerful lyrics. All of Tom MacDonald, yes. And also this one by Oliver Anthony.https://stasher.news/uploads/377
Oliver Anthony
"Rich Men North Of Richmond"
I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here and waste my life away
Drag back home and drown my troubles away
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond
I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just minors on an island somewhere
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat
And the obese milkin' welfare
Well, God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds
Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground
'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down
Lord, it's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond
I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
By some estimates bottom half of USA currently spends more than it earns.
Financial immiseration of people in this country is horrific. It's all over the globe though.
I'll again quote my Canadian fren (about USA):
"There is an extreme wealth inequality which I have only witnessed in third world countries which creates a cycle of extreme poverty, crime, and violence. you are unlikely to be the victim of a violent crime but I am constantly witnessing crimes - I've seen people get guns pulled, people be stabbed, people breaking into car windows, many police chases, and been in mass shooting scares. I have seen several dead homeless people on my commute to work. Being around this stuff is something Americans are very good at compartmentalizing but I find it extremely distressing."
Part 2 of that video, released today:
https://youtu.be/l5wFuZFxu-c
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