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Born in the USA Was a Protest Song (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago (18 children)

A lot of quintessentially American things are anti-American

"Born in the USA," Bruce Springsteen in general, "Rambo," Mark Twain, "Monopoly," MTV, et cetera

The arc goes:

US system is bullshit
Someone points it out in an artistic work
People love it and the thing they made gets popular
System goes "hey we love that you're buying this please do it more" and promotes it under a guise of it not being directed squarely at them, with some skillful edits
Thing gets even more popular with more exposure, in its edited (backwards) form, to the point that the original is often semi-forgotten

Being against the bullshit is an American trait. Unfortunately, the bullshit has become more powerful than the against, hence all these problems we have now.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This Land is Your Land is also not the patriotic song people think it is. At least, not in the way people think it is.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me; Sign was painted, it said private property; But on the back side it didn't say nothing; This land was made for you and me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

This land is my land
This land ain't your land
I got a shotgun
And you ain't got one

If you don't get off
I'll blow your head off
This land was made for only me

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This land was made for you and me 🎶🎵🎶 (terms and conditions apply)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I don't think Woody Guthrie cared about the copyright. You go ahead and play that song as much as you want. :-)

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