Love this song and wanted to comment on it since no one else had. For me this is about the difficulty of staying informed, not realizing one is subject to the biases of wherever you are born and the control the media exerts in keeping you from the truth. It doesn't matter if you're in the United States (watch the documentary "The Control Room" or China (what do you know about Tianamen Square--try googling it, still nothing, right?) (or the good ol' USSR to use the frame of reference from the 80s when this song was written). It is about how easy it is for an individual to become apathetic and ill-informed in such conditions.
Love this song and wanted to comment on it since no one else had. For me this is about the difficulty of staying informed, not realizing one is subject to the biases of wherever you are born and the control the media exerts in keeping you from the truth. It doesn't matter if you're in the United States (watch the documentary "The Control Room" or China (what do you know about Tianamen Square--try googling it, still nothing, right?) (or the good ol' USSR to use the frame of reference from the 80s when this song was written). It is about how easy it is for an individual to become apathetic and ill-informed in such conditions.