"Taking" is redistribution of wealth by other means than consent.
"Greedy" and "needy" is subjective but should realistically mean that does that have less will receive from those who hoard wealth.
"Pipeline" is not to be taken literary. I can be any mean with which you can fulfil the quoted two lines.
It can be an organisation, a mean of transport, subversive activity on the Internet or in papers, ethermedia, or why not the sack and the crowbar of the sterotype burglar.
@JASGripen you're right to say 'greedy' and 'needy' is subjective. The issue is building a pipeline might temporarily involve needy workers, but generally speaking, the fruit of the pipeline (the resource that flows through it) benefits the greedy. Lands have been destroyed because of such pipelines.
@JASGripen you're right to say 'greedy' and 'needy' is subjective. The issue is building a pipeline might temporarily involve needy workers, but generally speaking, the fruit of the pipeline (the resource that flows through it) benefits the greedy. Lands have been destroyed because of such pipelines.
Whether this was as much of a talking point in 1983 as it is now is also an interesting thing to think about. I tried to find a history of pipeline disputes and the most I come up with is Standing Rock, which took place 33 years after this song was released.
Whether this was as much of a talking point in 1983 as it is now is also an interesting thing to think about. I tried to find a history of pipeline disputes and the most I come up with is Standing Rock, which took place 33 years after this song was released.
That said, I still...
That said, I still think the pipeline, and whoever ordered its construction, is the antagonist in the song.
The key part is
"Taking from the greedy Giving to the needy"
That is the only parts which reveals intentions.
"Taking" is redistribution of wealth by other means than consent.
"Greedy" and "needy" is subjective but should realistically mean that does that have less will receive from those who hoard wealth.
"Pipeline" is not to be taken literary. I can be any mean with which you can fulfil the quoted two lines. It can be an organisation, a mean of transport, subversive activity on the Internet or in papers, ethermedia, or why not the sack and the crowbar of the sterotype burglar.
@JASGripen you're right to say 'greedy' and 'needy' is subjective. The issue is building a pipeline might temporarily involve needy workers, but generally speaking, the fruit of the pipeline (the resource that flows through it) benefits the greedy. Lands have been destroyed because of such pipelines.
@JASGripen you're right to say 'greedy' and 'needy' is subjective. The issue is building a pipeline might temporarily involve needy workers, but generally speaking, the fruit of the pipeline (the resource that flows through it) benefits the greedy. Lands have been destroyed because of such pipelines.
Whether this was as much of a talking point in 1983 as it is now is also an interesting thing to think about. I tried to find a history of pipeline disputes and the most I come up with is Standing Rock, which took place 33 years after this song was released.
Whether this was as much of a talking point in 1983 as it is now is also an interesting thing to think about. I tried to find a history of pipeline disputes and the most I come up with is Standing Rock, which took place 33 years after this song was released.
That said, I still...
That said, I still think the pipeline, and whoever ordered its construction, is the antagonist in the song.