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[–] 45 points 2 years ago* (16 children)

The pain is coherent. They blame politicians which is correct. But they fail to see it’s the system that perpetuates the problems. Then project their misery on minority groups and the disadvantaged. Oliver sings-

“So they think you don’t know. But I think that you do.”

But they don’t. And that’s the problem.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    But I said a bunch of stupid uniformed shit about politics on Facebook even though I have no education or experience in policy or law, and got a bunch of likes!

    That's the same as being an expert! /s

    Dunning-Kruger needs an update to account for social media. Like, above the "peak of Mt. Stupid" there is a "summit of dumbasses" who get all their validation and education from social media engagement.

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
  • [–] [S] 31 points 2 years ago

    The whole thing with mysterious producers approaching him out of nowhere when he's at his lowest point to get him to record a faux-populist song that really reinforces conservative power is very Black Mirror.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago
    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Calling it Populism is already giving them ground. It's Fake Populism. It's manufactured and funded by the elite class, rather than advocated for and created by the working class.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    An excellent take-down of the song’s philosophical underpinnings.

    I disagree with the author’s skepticism about how this went viral though. As other commenters have indicated, it feels like the release was a little too well coordinated for some random YouTuber.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Total astroturfing.

    The right wingers all have daily emails and faxes of talking points, memes, videos, posts, and whatever the outrage of the day is, and they share the shit in unison. That's their MO.

    The memo went out: "co-tweet links to this song." Suddenly it was everywhere.

    Then they pretend is not astroturfed.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago
    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You know he fucked an ostrich, right?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    What happened to working hard and pulling yourself up? #bootstrapssarcasm...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The title of the song is what got me. I immediately thought of Richmond's history as the capitol of the Confederacy.

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