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Songs for change

Bergslagstroll

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Why not just get down to the bottom line on this?



Tax the rich, feed the poor
'til there are no rich no more


Good luck with that.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
The richest one percent in the world own half of the world's wealth while at the same the richet 0,1 percent in USA own almost more than the bottom 90 percent. So it could be good with a thread about songs for change.

Richest 1% to own more than rest of world, Oxfam says - BBC News

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...quality-top-01-worth-as-much-as-the-bottom-90

Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land



Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised



Bruce Springsteen- "Joe Hill"

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Making $32,400 a year will put you in the top 1% of the world. I don't think many in the US want to give up their money to change that.
 
Crovax said:
Making $32,400 a year will put you in the top 1% of the world. I don't think many in the US want to give up their money to change that.
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Nah, we have been raised to mimic the life strategies of bacteria and viruses, and eventually, the antidote will come.
 
Lutherf said:
Why not just get down to the bottom line on this?



Tax the rich, feed the poor
'til there are no rich no more


Good luck with that.
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Change is possible that you had a period up to the late 1970’s with more equality and prosperity for the people, both in USA and Europe. While the last couple of decades of massive tax cuts for rich, weaker unions and more inequality, have lead to that American workers have barely gotten any real wage increases and in some cases gotten lower real wages.

For most workers, real wages have barely budged for decades | Pew Research Center

My country Sweden is also affected by the neo liberal policies, but thanks to strong unions and collective agreement that apply to most workers, both blue and white color workers have gotten real wage increases. (An error in the translation that tjänstemän means white color worker in this case)

https://translate.google.se/transla...i/Aktuell-Pong/31243/EK0203/70546/&edit-text=

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation - The Collective Agreement

Also, Sweden combine a lot more left wing policies, higher taxes and strong unions with a strong economy. For example, that Sweden is the best country for business according to Forbes.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017...ost-other-countries-at-just-about-everything/
 
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Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up

 
Lutherf said:
Why not just get down to the bottom line on this?



Tax the rich, feed the poor
'til there are no rich no more


Good luck with that.
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hard to figure Alvin's real lean given some of the other lines in that song
 
Here you all go

 
Joe Strummer's brilliance from the Post Mick Clash

with lyrics-depressing look at the UK


 
TurtleDude said:
hard to figure Alvin's real lean given some of the other lines in that song
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That was the beauty of that era. Other than Vietnam the protests were all over the place and everyone was too stoned to really care what they were protesting.
 
Lutherf said:
That was the beauty of that era. Other than Vietnam the protests were all over the place and everyone was too stoned to really care what they were protesting.
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Not everyone.

Revolution by the Beatles.

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But during that time lyrics to songs reflected modern art. pieces of crap someone threw together that had no substance or meaning and we were to stand back try to make sense of it.
 
The Captain Obvious selection

 
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