the chorus makes me think of ancient warfare, the army storms the gates, conquers, raise the new flag, take over the throne, but there will be so many revolts from the people who used to live there, or the country will want there city bak so more war will follow and it would just be easier to burn the city down. the songs obviously not about ancient war at all, but im a history guy so thats what i think of
You are far from wrong. The history of our civilizations has been one of mostly violent, and rarely peaceful revolutions (and plenty of wholesale slaughter and conquest of ones neighbors). In all of these cases, they don't fix the problems that led to the revolution, they are just symptom relief.
You are far from wrong. The history of our civilizations has been one of mostly violent, and rarely peaceful revolutions (and plenty of wholesale slaughter and conquest of ones neighbors). In all of these cases, they don't fix the problems that led to the revolution, they are just symptom relief.
We can storm the gates of the insert state government, take over, impose our own rule, and create a whole new set of winners and losers to start the process all over again. The system itself (in all its ideological forms) tends towards inequity.
We can storm the gates of the insert state government, take over, impose our own rule, and create a whole new set of winners and losers to start the process all over again. The system itself (in all its ideological forms) tends towards inequity.
I hope that you have taken...
I hope that you have taken Rise Against's suggestion to read Ishmael. It illuminates some of these ideas much more effectively. You probably have gotten around to a People's History of the United States.
the chorus makes me think of ancient warfare, the army storms the gates, conquers, raise the new flag, take over the throne, but there will be so many revolts from the people who used to live there, or the country will want there city bak so more war will follow and it would just be easier to burn the city down. the songs obviously not about ancient war at all, but im a history guy so thats what i think of
You are far from wrong. The history of our civilizations has been one of mostly violent, and rarely peaceful revolutions (and plenty of wholesale slaughter and conquest of ones neighbors). In all of these cases, they don't fix the problems that led to the revolution, they are just symptom relief.
You are far from wrong. The history of our civilizations has been one of mostly violent, and rarely peaceful revolutions (and plenty of wholesale slaughter and conquest of ones neighbors). In all of these cases, they don't fix the problems that led to the revolution, they are just symptom relief.
We can storm the gates of the insert state government, take over, impose our own rule, and create a whole new set of winners and losers to start the process all over again. The system itself (in all its ideological forms) tends towards inequity.
We can storm the gates of the insert state government, take over, impose our own rule, and create a whole new set of winners and losers to start the process all over again. The system itself (in all its ideological forms) tends towards inequity.
I hope that you have taken...
I hope that you have taken Rise Against's suggestion to read Ishmael. It illuminates some of these ideas much more effectively. You probably have gotten around to a People's History of the United States.