The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)

I think you're all thinking a bit too small. I don't think it's about the top 5% in particular and their decisions. I think the song is in criticism of all the people who say "Everybody should just to this" when talking about politics or something but don't actually bother to inact change. They complain about this and that, but what would they actually do if they had some power?

A liberal can preach all he wants that if he were rich he'd share all his money, but if he actually had the money, would he? A conservative can say he'd make abortions illegal if he could, but if given the opportunity and the right amount of power, would he? It's impossible to tell when you're not in that situation how you would act.

And just because you think something's right, no matter how strongly you believe it, it might not turn out how you think:

"Are you crazy? It's a very dangerous thing to do exactly what you want"

So, yes it's about people who aren't helping society, but those people...are society. And while that sentence on its own doesn't make any sense, hopefully the rest of this did.