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I think it’s about the book burnings the Nazi student union carried out in 1933 in city centres across Germany. Kristallnacht was a night of attack’s upon Jewish people and especially property. The song warns us about fascism and our habit of putting our faith in and following leaders: ,...tonight we’ll put responsibility on the fire” and as the song fades out Weller repeats the lines “and I feel so old and I feel so young but I just can’t grow up enough to meet life’s demands”
@manic4manics
I think it’s about the book burnings the Nazi student union carried out in 1933 in city centres across Germany. Kristallnacht was a night of attack’s upon Jewish people and especially property. The song warns us about fascism and our habit of putting our faith in and following leaders: ,...tonight we’ll put responsibility on the fire” and as the song fades out Weller repeats the lines “and I feel so old and I feel so young but I just can’t grow up enough to meet life’s demands”
Fascism is what people turn to when...
Fascism is what people turn to when they don’t want to think or face reality. When facing life with its complexities and challenges is too much. Following a leader like Hitler, or today with Trump, Orban, Duterte is reassuring people are recreating the relationships they had as small children with their parents. Much easier go through life being told what to think.
It reminds me of Kristallnacht, with the Nazis ritually burning all the Jewish books in Germany on huge bonfires.
@manic4manics I think it’s about the book burnings the Nazi student union carried out in 1933 in city centres across Germany. Kristallnacht was a night of attack’s upon Jewish people and especially property. The song warns us about fascism and our habit of putting our faith in and following leaders: ,...tonight we’ll put responsibility on the fire” and as the song fades out Weller repeats the lines “and I feel so old and I feel so young but I just can’t grow up enough to meet life’s demands”
@manic4manics I think it’s about the book burnings the Nazi student union carried out in 1933 in city centres across Germany. Kristallnacht was a night of attack’s upon Jewish people and especially property. The song warns us about fascism and our habit of putting our faith in and following leaders: ,...tonight we’ll put responsibility on the fire” and as the song fades out Weller repeats the lines “and I feel so old and I feel so young but I just can’t grow up enough to meet life’s demands”
Fascism is what people turn to when...
Fascism is what people turn to when they don’t want to think or face reality. When facing life with its complexities and challenges is too much. Following a leader like Hitler, or today with Trump, Orban, Duterte is reassuring people are recreating the relationships they had as small children with their parents. Much easier go through life being told what to think.
@manic4manics Kristalnacht wasnt the book burnings. It was when Jewish businesses and homes were ransacked.
@manic4manics Kristalnacht wasnt the book burnings. It was when Jewish businesses and homes were ransacked.