I'm convinced this song is about living in Nazi Germany before WWII.
'All this talk of blood and iron' - Bismarck said Germans were made from blood and iron; similarly the Nazis talked of 'blood and soil'
'I hear some talk of guns and butter/that's something I can do without' - in the build up to the War the German economy was geared towards the production of weapons and home-grown food (guns and butter); King's character can see a war is looming and is pleading 'The Fatherland's no place to die for'
'Joy in labour' - trade unions were destroyed and instead workers joined Nazi clubs and societies that promoted 'joy through work'
I think that's the German spelling of 'Doctor' as well.
One theory is the Guns versus Butter model came from the USA just before they entered WW1. There was a great need of nitrates for explosives and fertilizer and Chile was neutral so the USA need to find its own source of nitrates which they did in Alabama but not till a deadlock in Congress was broken to sponsor the National Defense act of 1916-it was presented by the news media as "guns and butter" because they now had the secretary of agriculture manufacturer nitrates in peace and war but the way some were presenting it was guns versus butter...
One theory is the Guns versus Butter model came from the USA just before they entered WW1. There was a great need of nitrates for explosives and fertilizer and Chile was neutral so the USA need to find its own source of nitrates which they did in Alabama but not till a deadlock in Congress was broken to sponsor the National Defense act of 1916-it was presented by the news media as "guns and butter" because they now had the secretary of agriculture manufacturer nitrates in peace and war but the way some were presenting it was guns versus butter was never really accurate because food was always going to be secure. There's other theories too but I think that's the earliest reference even if it wasn't presented correctly at the time
I'm convinced this song is about living in Nazi Germany before WWII.
'All this talk of blood and iron' - Bismarck said Germans were made from blood and iron; similarly the Nazis talked of 'blood and soil'
'I hear some talk of guns and butter/that's something I can do without' - in the build up to the War the German economy was geared towards the production of weapons and home-grown food (guns and butter); King's character can see a war is looming and is pleading 'The Fatherland's no place to die for'
'Joy in labour' - trade unions were destroyed and instead workers joined Nazi clubs and societies that promoted 'joy through work'
I think that's the German spelling of 'Doctor' as well.
Case closed!
One theory is the Guns versus Butter model came from the USA just before they entered WW1. There was a great need of nitrates for explosives and fertilizer and Chile was neutral so the USA need to find its own source of nitrates which they did in Alabama but not till a deadlock in Congress was broken to sponsor the National Defense act of 1916-it was presented by the news media as "guns and butter" because they now had the secretary of agriculture manufacturer nitrates in peace and war but the way some were presenting it was guns versus butter...
One theory is the Guns versus Butter model came from the USA just before they entered WW1. There was a great need of nitrates for explosives and fertilizer and Chile was neutral so the USA need to find its own source of nitrates which they did in Alabama but not till a deadlock in Congress was broken to sponsor the National Defense act of 1916-it was presented by the news media as "guns and butter" because they now had the secretary of agriculture manufacturer nitrates in peace and war but the way some were presenting it was guns versus butter was never really accurate because food was always going to be secure. There's other theories too but I think that's the earliest reference even if it wasn't presented correctly at the time