• Signtist@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I listened to his song before I knew anything about him, and I was into it until that point, but yeah, when you make a song about rich people exploiting you, but then spend half the song talking about the much less impactful issue of poor people wasting their government-issued money on junk food, your message stops being effective.

    It’s like stubbing your toe and breaking your arm at the same time, and complaining just as much about both.

    • MasterOBee Master/King@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      but then spend half the song

      Once again, hyperfocusing on one line is not ‘half the song’ and when you put it in context, he’s simply saying that those people that need welfare aren’t getting it, while others are abusing the system. It’s not just about making laws to help poor people, it’s about ensuring that it gets to the people that need it.

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        1 year ago

        He is redirecting anger that rightfully should be aimed at the overclass to the underclass. The underclass is not causing his problems. It is the overclass.

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        1 year ago

        Education folks… education. Prime example here why it is so, so important to be able to think critically.