It's about rehabilitation. Personal rehabilitation (literal) and social rehabilitation.
"There's nothing to do here/ some just whine and complain" -- behavioral health wards.
"we've got no chance of recovery" -- falsity of prescription happiness.
It serves as an allegory for the drastic change our society must make. We must rehabilitate ourselves, save ourselves, not only from self-damage, but that which we inflict upon others. "put out the fire on us"
"Vietnam Fishing Trips" -- dichotomizes the horrors of war and the benefits; the economic and political power reaped from despoiling others. Also, a reference to surfing, other recreation, during the Vietnam War? After My Lai, the 11th Light Infantry went surfing...
It's about rehabilitation. Personal rehabilitation (literal) and social rehabilitation. "There's nothing to do here/ some just whine and complain" -- behavioral health wards. "we've got no chance of recovery" -- falsity of prescription happiness.
It serves as an allegory for the drastic change our society must make. We must rehabilitate ourselves, save ourselves, not only from self-damage, but that which we inflict upon others. "put out the fire on us"
"Vietnam Fishing Trips" -- dichotomizes the horrors of war and the benefits; the economic and political power reaped from despoiling others. Also, a reference to surfing, other recreation, during the Vietnam War? After My Lai, the 11th Light Infantry went surfing...