| Manic Street Preachers – Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Actually, I think he's making the point that there is no difference between the American left and British right: in Britain it is perfectly acceptable to be a socialist and one of our main parties, Labour, were hardline socialists until not too long ago, you might even argue that they're still socialists of some kind. It's a criticism of America and it's lack of tolerance for new ideas, especially socialism. It's also a criticism of America's susceptibility to propaganda, e.g. McCarthy and the red scare. (I know it doesn't mention McCarthy but to me it conjours up his image) | |
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