Gonna delete my “Rich Men North of Richmond” thread because too many people are mistaking it for an argument in defense of the song, which it isn’t. My fault for not communicating better. I’ll probably write an article fleshing out my thoughts later on.
Sure, Caitlin, we misunderstood what you were trying to say lol
I think she’s simply trying to say “fuck, we need a viral 2023 lefty song”.
Of course that shit might be boosted by the someone “tilting” the youtube algorithms, but also, a lot of people is reactionary. The virality of that shit might be “genuine”.
It’s concerning that astroturfed or not, two conservative/fash songs in quick succession seem (emphasis on the seem) to have had a way bigger impact outside of its usual base than any left wing music on the same people in the past 5 years. We can talk about how the working class of the imperial core can at best only be social chauvinist, and most of the time actively fash to justify it, and how the US is an actively fascist culture, but the observable effect is that two country songs with an openly bigoted and hateful message got big in the past month or two, and that requires some self-crit and reflection on what the left is doing in terms of mass art for the working class.
She later deleted it saying:
Sure, Caitlin, we misunderstood what you were trying to say lol
I think she’s simply trying to say “fuck, we need a viral 2023 lefty song”.
Of course that shit might be boosted by the someone “tilting” the youtube algorithms, but also, a lot of people is reactionary. The virality of that shit might be “genuine”.
It’s concerning that astroturfed or not, two conservative/fash songs in quick succession seem (emphasis on the seem) to have had a way bigger impact outside of its usual base than any left wing music on the same people in the past 5 years. We can talk about how the working class of the imperial core can at best only be social chauvinist, and most of the time actively fash to justify it, and how the US is an actively fascist culture, but the observable effect is that two country songs with an openly bigoted and hateful message got big in the past month or two, and that requires some self-crit and reflection on what the left is doing in terms of mass art for the working class.
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I don’t think she was defending it. I genuinely think you misunderstood her.