▲ 760 ▼ 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Singer Oliver Anthony Slams Use of Song at Republican Debate: 'I Wrote That Song About Those People' (themessenger.com) submitted 2 years ago by USAONE@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] i_cant_sports@lemmy.ml 73 points 2 years ago (3 children) Ignoring the whole welfare lyric for a moment, I think this experience ended up being a hard lesson for this young songwriter. To borrow a line from Bluey - “…when you put something beautiful out into the world, it’s no longer yours, really.” permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would absolutely fucking love the song if not for that line. I swear I would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago Who knows what his experiences are. Even working at a grocery store, you don't remember most of the people using EBT. You remember a lady buying only high end meat with the card and getting into an Escalade. I think fraud is just one of the costs of helping peeps, but I understand how frustrating it can be to have to watch your spending and witness that. Confirmation bias takes over and you don't remember the poor people buying staples. permalink fedilink source parent [–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) People need to remember that this guy did not have a lot of success before this song. It's a breakout hit from an unknown artist permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would absolutely fucking love the song if not for that line. I swear I would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago Who knows what his experiences are. Even working at a grocery store, you don't remember most of the people using EBT. You remember a lady buying only high end meat with the card and getting into an Escalade. I think fraud is just one of the costs of helping peeps, but I understand how frustrating it can be to have to watch your spending and witness that. Confirmation bias takes over and you don't remember the poor people buying staples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago Who knows what his experiences are. Even working at a grocery store, you don't remember most of the people using EBT. You remember a lady buying only high end meat with the card and getting into an Escalade. I think fraud is just one of the costs of helping peeps, but I understand how frustrating it can be to have to watch your spending and witness that. Confirmation bias takes over and you don't remember the poor people buying staples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) People need to remember that this guy did not have a lot of success before this song. It's a breakout hit from an unknown artist permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent