I think this song is about how the natives and other people who have less social capital than most of America now, were actually the peoples, the cultures, the customs, that our society is roughly based on today. For example: “they brought a zero to our tired calculations” is talking about either the Babylonians or the Mayans, who are both said to have “created” the number zero simultaneously and supposedly independently of one another.
I think this song is about how the natives and other people who have less social capital than most of America now, were actually the peoples, the cultures, the customs, that our society is roughly based on today. For example: “they brought a zero to our tired calculations” is talking about either the Babylonians or the Mayans, who are both said to have “created” the number zero simultaneously and supposedly independently of one another.