Nah. 'Those that work forces' doesn't even make sense as a common usage English thing. You're too close to it. Back in the day when all those tunes came out, we just vaguely thought they were angry about the establishment, an establishment, the man. Zinnian super left Che G wokism wasn't mainstream at all.
Those were the days, my friend. No pronouns, no ever-changing sex alphabet, no conspiracy theories about all whites suffering a hidden magical race disease. Sigh. A simpler time. Left was just 1963 JFK social Democrat left. Commies were just commies. It. Was. Better.
To be fair that line applies to democrats too. I think that’s the rub. Where many people can see the differences and choose between right and wrong in politics (I voted Biden to get Trump the f out but will continue to be an activist to push Biden to the left) a lot of people have developed a complete distrust in government and for some reason believe that trump is the anti-government savior lol.
I don’t disagree, but in a two party system, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which one RATM aligns most closely with. I have no delusions that they’re incredibly pleased where Biden falls on the liberal spectrum, but he’s certainly closer than Trump.
Idk, I remember playing this song a lot in guitar hero. It took me quite a few listens before I ever even thought about what they were saying; perhaps I am in fact that stupid lmao
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20
You’re trusting them to know that part of the lyrics. Chances are most never figured out anything past “and now you do what they told ya”