Neil Young makes a stand against misinformation
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Antidote Man
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we didn't get here through peace and prosperity, we got here over thousands of years of war, conquer and slavery.
people will always be spiteful. life isn't easy for most of us and there's always reasons to be angry. if we eradicate racism through literally changing how the brain works there will always be problems. Imagine.. a perfect society... ruled by the best looking. I think we're already moving in that direction and that alone is the fascist trope at work in their secret eugenics experiment forming beautiful smiling faces to hide the ugly of the world with another lollipop. actually, I think that's just how humans work. Shallow, lazy opportunists.
again, I firmly believe disagreement is a natural, healthy part of human behavior and some of these biggoted notions are biological and have taken generations to form (I'm not saying I think this way, but I recognize the human race is very lowly) and I would be most afraid to live in a world where everyone agrees.
on the flip side - did you know at the 69 Woodstock concert, there were tens of thousands of people and not one fight? that's pretty remarkable.. i wonder what went so wrong...
people will always be spiteful. life isn't easy for most of us and there's always reasons to be angry. if we eradicate racism through literally changing how the brain works there will always be problems. Imagine.. a perfect society... ruled by the best looking. I think we're already moving in that direction and that alone is the fascist trope at work in their secret eugenics experiment forming beautiful smiling faces to hide the ugly of the world with another lollipop. actually, I think that's just how humans work. Shallow, lazy opportunists.
again, I firmly believe disagreement is a natural, healthy part of human behavior and some of these biggoted notions are biological and have taken generations to form (I'm not saying I think this way, but I recognize the human race is very lowly) and I would be most afraid to live in a world where everyone agrees.
on the flip side - did you know at the 69 Woodstock concert, there were tens of thousands of people and not one fight? that's pretty remarkable.. i wonder what went so wrong...
Sir Napsalot
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You aren't helping matters
Antidote Man
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no. I'm not. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
I help myself and those I care about and let the world be what it is...
I help myself and those I care about and let the world be what it is...
Herb & Suds
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We’ll alrighty then
Sir Napsalot
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We will?
CunningCanuk
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Do you know what the difference is between Woodstock and Spotify?
You could hear Neil Young’s music at Woodstock.
Herb & Suds
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Woodstock didn’t have right wing radicals
printer
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They were all at the tractor pull. With real tractors!
Yelling fire in a crowded theatre, not something that is acceptable as people can get hurt. Telling people that the vaccine has microchips in it so you can be tracked. The person ends up in the hospital, taking up valuable space could be used to save another life. Why is one bad but the other not?
Crumpetlicker
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It's weird when you have to cancel yourself to get a point across.
Unclebaldrick
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Weird song though. Very strange impression of the Aztecs. "Hate was just a legend and war was never known."
Completely untrue. The Aztecs were fucking brutal. Cortez and a few hundred Spaniards never could have prevailed over them if it weren't for the help of damn near every neighboring people who the Aztecs had enslaved and murdered for generations.
injinji
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You are correct. From wiki wiki:
It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating the Aztec Empire but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs, and most especially the Aztecs' indigenous enemies and rivals.
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
injinji
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Unclebaldrick
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Roger A. Shrubber
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he's been around just enough to have been certified an asshole...
Herb & Suds
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You know this is possible
They say cockroaches will still remain when mankind ends
Unclebaldrick
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It's a fascinating story. I highly recommend Prescott's 'Conquest of Mexico'. It's over 100 years old and quite good if you can get past the prejudices of the time it was written. Dirt cheap in digital because copyrights used to actually run out.You are correct. From wiki wiki:
It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating the Aztec Empire but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs, and most especially the Aztecs' indigenous enemies and rivals.
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire - Wikipedia
Neil was riffing on some really bad revisionism but it's still a great song.
Roger A. Shrubber
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there's a story he wrote it in 10th or 11th grade study hall...it would make a lot of sense if he did, the world is a lot more romantic place when you're 16
Budley Doright
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