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Made for #Darkage "The Deep Meet", AMIGA #AGA #demo for #Revision 2024.
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Oingo Boingo -- Grey Matter -- from Nothing to Fear (1982)
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
They say that you can't think
That you haven't got a brain
That you're just there to listen
That you're just being trained
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
They say you lost the ability to even think
That your tiny little brain
Slipped down the kitchen sink
They say that you'll buy anything
That they turn your way
That you'll listen to everything
That they decide to play
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
I think you like it—like it
To be told what to do—ain't that true
I think you're better—better—better off
Stone cold dead—without your head
They say you're stupid
That you're too young to vote
They say you'll swallow anything
That they shove down your throat
If they say, "Lie down," you'll do it
If they say, "Buy it now," you'll do it
If they say, "Turn around," you'll do it
If they say, "Hit the ground," you'll do it
If they say, "Bite the big weenie," you'll do it
If they say, "Wasn't that good?" you'll do it
If they say, "Bend over, baby," you'll do it
If they say, "take it and like it"!
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
There's something inside your head
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Ooh...grey matter...
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter
Grey matter, grey matter, ooh...
Grey matter, grey matter.
I propose that now is NOT the time to "understand" Trump supporters, a project aimed ultimately at crafting some properly pop-populist positioning to bolster the electoral prospects of the mommy wing of the American plutocracy. Even without the tipping point we just passed, voting for the not-evil-but-not-good Democratic Party was not a path to democracy. So while resisting tyranny is crucial, and voting for corporate VP mom over abusive, religious freak dad is often the best move to protect the weakest and align with those targeted for bullying, we need to be thinking bigger, or, rather, deeper. Now is a time for re-thinking basic values and what it means to live a good life and be a good person, a time to re-ignite our moral imaginations and accept the freedom and responsibility that comes with democracy. Now is a time to organize around shared values, find like-minded people near and far, and start creating new communities, all new kinds of communities, organized in ways we decide will best work for us -- "we" and "us" being defined by the members of the group creating the community. If democracy in America has a future, we will have to create it. Hobbling those efforts with a self-imposed need to convince Trump voters of the propriety of our democracy values over their elitist resentment, or accommodate their wounds of diminished privilege, just ties us to the mast of the sinking ship. They can follow behind if the rising water snaps them out of their fin-de-siecle derangement. We need to get going!
