This song reminds me of a character from The Brothers Karamazov. He states that we are all responsible for everybody else in the world. The answer to the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" This would be the standard verson of Christian guilt though, and Beck seems to suggest that modern guilt is different. Perhaps it is different in the sense that we still feel guilty, but now have no idea why. In fact, not knowing why (misapprehension), is becoming the accepted norm (convention).
This song reminds me of a character from The Brothers Karamazov. He states that we are all responsible for everybody else in the world. The answer to the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" This would be the standard verson of Christian guilt though, and Beck seems to suggest that modern guilt is different. Perhaps it is different in the sense that we still feel guilty, but now have no idea why. In fact, not knowing why (misapprehension), is becoming the accepted norm (convention).