Politics Rich Men North of Richmond

[mr bagcroft]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqSA-SY5Hro
Ok, what do you think of this.
Everyone else has an opinion so..
Let it rip.
I happen to think its a great song delivered with great conviction.

 

[tandino]

https://www.yyoutube.com/watch?v=sqSA-SY5Hro
Ok, what do you think of this.
Everyone else has an opinion so..
Let it rip.
I happen to think its a great song delivered with great conviction.

Catchy tune.

Sung with great conviction from someone who probably has a limited world view. He speaks to his truth and reality.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

I guess if you can't get any decent pop culture people to support you, create your own one.

 

[Home Alone]

Depends on where you sit on the politcal spectrum.

 

[spinynorman]

It's exactly what sociopathic right wingers want to hear.

 

[Gethelred]

My question is, is this truly thread worthy?

 

[tandino]

My question is, is this truly thread worthy?

The Guardian thought it worthy of five separate articles.

 

[Gethelred]

The Guardian thought it worthy of five separate articles.

I'm not the Guardian's editor.

 

[Engimal v3]

About time someone wrote a song about the rich and powerful being cruel

 

[tandino]

I'm not the Guardian's editor.

If it's newsworthy, why wouldn't it be threadworthy?

 

[Gethelred]

If it's newsworthy, why wouldn't it be threadworthy?

Fair enough.

 

[FireKrakouer]

Apart from the line about "obese milking welfare" (and the overall country feel to the song) I don't understand the complaints about it being right wing. Maybe the reference to taxes being too high? Although in context it sounds more like a complaint that said taxes are lining the pockets of wealthy politicians who aren't helping their people.

Other than that it seems more like a song that the left would be fully on board with. Perhaps I'm thinking of the lefties of 20 years ago who actually cared about the working class!

 

[mr bagcroft]

Its not left nor right IMO.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Depends on where you sit on the politcal spectrum.

I prefer Billy Bragg's

 

[Taylor]

It should be a centrist position for average people to dislike the political class enriching themselves via the system and not being in touch, let alone caring about the lives of regular people they purport to serve.

It's still a part of traditional liberalism to distrust the power structures that inherently become incubators for corruption, it's why anti monopoly laws have been around for a long time - but modern "post liberalism" subscribes more to the idea that whatever the power does is good as long it's the correct team wielding it and that's a very cleverly designed outcome of cultural dominance. No longer "anti boot" just anti the wrong people wearing it.

It's also why content like this song needs to be allocated to the other or otherwise invalid basket so as to not disturb that cultural dominance. Should enough people remember what occupy wallstreet was all about the politics of division that has sprung up since then (see media use of racism at +1200%) then the entire scam of corporate owned politicians serving their business masters could come crashing down and then what will the US do with all the weapons it makes etc.

 

[Brad Goodman]

The white trash elememt of the R base have certainly co-opted the song

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Oh, it's Richmond in the State of Virginia, not Richmond in the State of Victoria!! I was trying to think of any rich folk who live around North Richmond station and I failed to think of any.

 

[Gethelred]

... modern "post liberalism" subscribes more to the idea that whatever the power does is good as long it's the correct team wielding it and that's a very cleverly designed outcome of cultural dominance. No longer "anti boot" just anti the wrong people wearing it.

You've spelt conservatism wrong.

 

[Cmarsh]

Oh, it's Richmond in the State of Virginia, not Richmond in the State of Victoria!! I was trying to think of any rich folk who live around North Richmond station and I failed to think of any.

#VICBIAS

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

#VICBIAS

Fair cop, that

 

[Brad Goodman]

Singer of ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ Says It’s Not a Republican Anthem (Published 2023)

“I wrote this song about those people,” Oliver Anthony said of his No. 1 hit, after presidential candidates answered a question about his Billboard hit at their first debate.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Liriel]

My question is, is this truly thread worthy?

Lol, you literally have 3 threads about right wingers that are all the same. Arguably 5 the same.

 

[Gethelred]

Lol, you literally have 3 threads about right wingers that are all the same. Arguably 5 the same.

Threads that are some of our most active, and when they appeared there were like conversations concerning their viability.

 

[Cmarsh]

Threads that are some of our most active, and when they appeared there were like conversations concerning their viability.

It is a curiosity that speaks to the culture of this board that there are prominent and very active threads discussing right wing pundits, but the same cant be said of more left leaning public commentators.

 

[FireKrakouer]

This guy was on Rogan, I heard most of it while driving today. Seems like a genuinely nice, down to earth fella. Definitely not a fan of the Republicans or a RWNJ in general.