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I think with regard to bands like RATM and other anti-capital counter-culture theres a very big question about what is true over the long term: 1) Capitalism w
by pr0zac 4y ago
I think with regard to bands like RATM and other anti-capital counter-culture theres a very big question about what is true over the long term:
1) Capitalism will sell its opponents the tools necessary to destroy itself
2) Capitalism will subsume and monetize any movement which threatens itself
I'm pretty sure RATM's choices assumes 1 while the record label etc assume 2.
Theres a lot of interesting historical analysis to be done arguing which interpretation is actually true in this case.
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