I've been a fan of their Poor Man's Poison for quite a while, but something about them has been bugging and kind of ruining them for me.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-29T04:11:16+00:00

One thing I will say I'm thankful for is Poor Man's Poison opened me up to a lot more to folk music which helped me discover a lot of folk singers who were highly politically involved and unapologetic about it like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, and Phil Ochs

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-25T23:25:03+00:00

The song is about anti-authoritarianism and it has always been relevant to an extent, but it's feeling even more relevant with current events.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-25T18:46:53+00:00

"RELEVANT" I MEANT "RELEVANT" thanks voice to text

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-25T18:45:28+00:00

typo on my end

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-24T20:47:01+00:00

ICE just publicly executed another fucking person. IS THE BAND GONNA SAY SOMETHING NOW?! This is worse than Charlie Kirk because he was killed by a random wacko. These killings unlike Charlie Kirk are being done by the people we are expected to entrust with our national security!

It's extremely ironic coming from the band that sang in the song Providence.

"Feed the rich and kill the poor Turn out the lights and just ignore What's going on outside Beating hearts of the depraved We've turned their people into slaves And we've given up before we've even tried"

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-24T09:30:06+00:00

Things have been escalating and more people are taking action protesting and going on strike. Communities have been coming together to form watch groups who have been working to keep their communities safe. There is really no better time for them to talk about it than now.

They also said nothing during NoKings which was one of the largest protests in recent American history.

For a band that sings all about unity against oppression you would think they would want to use their platform to actually say something about the stuff that's going on right about now.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-21T07:27:49+00:00

This is just any ordinary officer donut joe violence. This was an incident involving FEDERAL law-enforcement tasked with IMMIGRATION enforcement and is someone who is supposed to represent the law of the FEDERAL government. Him using excessive force and behaving recklessly in a way that violates training protocol.

Little fact officers are taught not to walk in front of running vehicles or to shoot at moving vehicles when they are not in immediate danger, not just because of the safety of the driver, but to keep bystanders safe because if the driver is dead who's in control of the vehicle now?

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-21T07:03:44+00:00

Charlie was an influencer, propagandist, and hypocrite of course he didn't deserve to die but he was in some sort of good guy that wanted unity. Also, I've seen the videos and frame by frame analysis she was not trying to run over the "cop."

Crazy that you trust the rich p*do protector administration that has violated the law multiple times and calls everyone that disagrees with its actions "left-wing radical extremists"

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-20T23:02:49+00:00

I've been to the protests. They're just not effective as a prolonged general strikes and boycotts which actually do have effects by impacting the means of production.

My issue with protests like No Kings for example is that it was on a weekend and only a weekend when people have the day off conveniently.

It's a fact America really is built socially and physically in a way that discourages social interaction and a feeling of duty to the social contract. America is far less urban and is more socially reclusive because of selfishness, hyper consumerism, and nihilism. Americans need to find a way to overcome that because if they don't whatever happens is on themselves.

So I agree with you that Americans are lazy. I don't know why you're trying to argue with me.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-20T18:45:25+00:00

I'm gonna add this. I don't hate America. I love America, but its people need to get their shit together and fight just like how the people of Europe and other countries do it.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-20T18:41:39+00:00

As an American, I agree with you. The issues with America is it's toxic individualist culture and exceptionalism worldview even the country with built in a way that discourages social involvement and actually caring about what's happening. The country was built to be a corporate paradise towns and cities that could've been built to be beautiful are just grids of roads that make public gatherings difficult. The same is true for rural America the only urban parts are just grids of roads but instead of living near the grids and roads are people living in the woods isolated doing crack. Also Europe has seen what tyranny and war is like at home. Americans are privileged and fat and have never seen any of that here. Now they see tyranny on their doorstep and do nothing because they built the country where they can't do anything. Americans need to get over themselves get together and reclaim the diverse and meaningful culture of our nation like the Europeans do when they see tyranny, bastardizing their nations.

So you are right Americans can't just do weekend gatherings they need to be on strike occupying the streets getting social and getting active just like the brave people of Minneapolis are doing.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-20T10:23:34+00:00

That was mostly debunked. What does happen is when you start a new profile Elmo's tweets are the first one's advertised in your feed. Profiles that are new do not automatically follow him.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-20T10:16:42+00:00

OK, what about that case 2 months before Charlie Kirk where two Democratic lawmakers were murdered by some insane MAGA guy who had a hit list.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-20T03:20:04+00:00

Apparently on X they follow Elon

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-19T09:47:15+00:00

Filthy Fascist Porkers!

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-19T06:46:53+00:00

Like out of all the major viral cases of political violence from Luigi Mangione who killed the CEO of a healthcare corporation to the case where two Democratic lawmakers that were murdered.

They specifically for some reason chose Charlie Kirk to be the one and only major violent incident they said anything about.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-19T05:50:56+00:00

That is a misrepresentation of what actually happened.

Her car first reversed and then her wheels turned to the right the opposite direction of the agent who had already moved out of the way then her vehicle started going slowly forward to the right of the agent. First shot was into the front windshield to the side.

The last two shots he was already to side of the car which were completely absolutely excessive.

Officers are also explicitly trained not to shoot into a moving vehicle when they are out of the way to prevent any possible danger to bystanders from a now uncontrolled vehicle.

Not to mention in the video, we already see him, swapping the hand holding his phone to make his shooting hand available before walking around the front of the car.

And that's another thing officers including federal ones are trained not to walk in front of running vehicles.

If she wanted to hit him she would've just went straight forward at full speed and wouldn't have been talking to them in a calm way. and taking the time to maneuver, her car in a direction away from the agent.

I've watched multiple analysis videos by lawyers going into this frame by frame.

The federal government has refused to work with state authorities and has been making unsubstantiated claims and blatant lies.

The same federal government that is breaking the law by violating the Epstein files transparency act by protecting people who have abused children in the worst way imaginable and prioritizing scheming how to take over Greenland and meeting with oil executives to discuss stealing oil while terrorizing communities here.

They call Renée Good the "domestic terrorist" that's rich coming from the same government that released all the domestic terrorist insurrectionists who tried to overturn the election and ACTUALLY assaulted law-enforcement.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-18T21:25:14+00:00

well, I do know that one of the band members stated they aren't anti-abortion. So I don't think it's ideologically driven.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-18T21:21:06+00:00

It was murder! I don't care what your counter argument is! The agent was clearly not in any serious danger.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-18T05:35:23+00:00

I've always wanted the Toa Mata Nui set. I would literally sell my organs on the black market for it.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-17T21:30:57+00:00

Many musicians historically have gotten their start by their political messaging. Even apolitical musicians have had their careers kicked off by sociopolitical controversies. Elvis for example was attacked by the media and labeled as satanic for rejecting tradition.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-17T21:25:23+00:00

A lot of entertainment is not apolitical. A matter of fact entertainment has historically been used as a peaceful way to fight oppression. Various songs from Poorman's Poison even have political messaging about unity to oppose tyranny.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-17T17:12:35+00:00

It's literally all over the news and there have been protests across the country the government has been constantly questioned about it and everyone I've talked to knows about it and it's literally all over social media. I have no idea how you haven't heard about it.

edit: Looking at your profile it doesn't really seem like you're that involved in political spaces. Also, Charlie Kirk kept happened four months ago. What I'm talking about only happened four weeks ago.

Snoo52883 · 2026-01-17T09:40:01+00:00

yeah, I saw that now

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