What an incredibly real song. While I agree that there is the more obvious political interpretation of this song, I do think the meaning can be applied to not just our political "enemies" (or generally, to anyone who we fear because we don't understand them), but applies to our interaction with literally every person on earth.
What makes us different than anyone? What makes one person more deserving of anything that they have? Do people really "choose" their actions? The reality is each one of us is lucky to be in the situation we are currently in (good or bad). Our lives are pure luck, and in the grand scheme of things, so are our actions and who we are as people. The best we can do for each other as human beings is to try to understand one another in all our differences (understand understanding), to empathize, to be better to one another.
What an incredibly real song. While I agree that there is the more obvious political interpretation of this song, I do think the meaning can be applied to not just our political "enemies" (or generally, to anyone who we fear because we don't understand them), but applies to our interaction with literally every person on earth.
What makes us different than anyone? What makes one person more deserving of anything that they have? Do people really "choose" their actions? The reality is each one of us is lucky to be in the situation we are currently in (good or bad). Our lives are pure luck, and in the grand scheme of things, so are our actions and who we are as people. The best we can do for each other as human beings is to try to understand one another in all our differences (understand understanding), to empathize, to be better to one another.