"No borders, no nations! No flags, no patriots! whoa oh, whoa oh!"
Means that #2 thinks that borders and nations are unnecessary things that just contribute to nationalism. Nationalism in a sense can be used as a manipulative tool to drive people to go to war against others that aren't even their business. Like the world leaders are telling them how to act and react and they get swamped by all the state run rhetoric telling them who to hate. All this is first done by seperating states with borders, states will start to form a sort of pride that would distinguish them from other states and this pride can be detrimental (see nazi germany in wwii). "No flags, no patriots", because patriots are flag waving people who believe in seperating themselves from others and are willing to die for their government and go to war, etc. Flags are viewed by anti-flag as symbols used to instill the sort of honor in people that would make them impose physical violence in other countries sometimes due to racial tension or foreign policy between governments that just went wrong.
2 is an awesome lyricist! straight forward lyrics, great views, he just says his opinion out in the open :D. ant-flag rocked the trocadero at the plea for peace tour too. check them out live
"No borders, no nations! No flags, no patriots! whoa oh, whoa oh!"
Means that #2 thinks that borders and nations are unnecessary things that just contribute to nationalism. Nationalism in a sense can be used as a manipulative tool to drive people to go to war against others that aren't even their business. Like the world leaders are telling them how to act and react and they get swamped by all the state run rhetoric telling them who to hate. All this is first done by seperating states with borders, states will start to form a sort of pride that would distinguish them from other states and this pride can be detrimental (see nazi germany in wwii). "No flags, no patriots", because patriots are flag waving people who believe in seperating themselves from others and are willing to die for their government and go to war, etc. Flags are viewed by anti-flag as symbols used to instill the sort of honor in people that would make them impose physical violence in other countries sometimes due to racial tension or foreign policy between governments that just went wrong.
2 is an awesome lyricist! straight forward lyrics, great views, he just says his opinion out in the open :D. ant-flag rocked the trocadero at the plea for peace tour too. check them out live