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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoWhy are all of their songs still relevant 30 years later?
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoBecause the problems they raged about are systemic, and the system didn’t change.
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoIt did change, though. It got significantly worse.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoBecause we never eliminate the root cause
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoIt’s easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoBecause humans are fucking stupid and history always repeats itself.
minus-squareAnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoAll of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoUntil conservatives and authoritarians stop getting their way.
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days ago Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
minus-squareyeehawboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoA few weak men are indeed making very hard times
Why are all of their songs still relevant 30 years later?
Because the problems they raged about are systemic, and the system didn’t change.
It did change, though. It got significantly worse.
Because we never eliminate the root cause
It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism.
Because humans are fucking stupid and history always repeats itself.
All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.
Until conservatives and authoritarians stop getting their way.
A few weak men are indeed making very hard times