• Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      TIN SOLDIERS AND NIXON’S COMING

      WE’RE FINALLY ON OUR OWN

      THIS SUMMER I HEAR THE DRUMMING

      FOUR DEAD IN OHIO 🎵

      …I wonder if there’s a Chinese equivalent of CSNY who wrote a song about Tiananmen Square…?

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        1 month ago

        Never paid much mind to the second line, seeing it in writing is somehow so much more chilling.

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          Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down

          Shoulda been done long ago

          The sense of resignation, the combination of slaughter and starting a long-overdue chore.

          What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?

          How can you run when you know?

          How indeed? Beyond chilling.

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      1 month ago

      I mean, given the climate, feels a little prophetic about where the US is heading.

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        Just make a new post then. It wasn’t even an equivalent comparison. They could have used an image of the Bonus Army or an artist’s impression of the Whiskey Rebellion.

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          1 month ago

          I’m not justifying it, just explaining a possible reason. I don’t really care either way

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        There’s still a difference between “heading” and “already there”. Not as much of one as I’d like, but still.