I think the video of the song is pretty self explanatory to what the song means. It's about Corporations (Wal-Mart) buying cheap and selling high. About american companys going around child labor laws or even normal labor laws just so they can save a buck or two per product made. The government, the media, the people constantly say we live in a free country, but that's only what they tell us to keep us blindly and ignorantly happy. We're not free! Hell we're barely a democracy!
Things have to change! We obviously can't rely on our leaders anymore cuz they seem to be ok with the fact that we're stealing other people's own lives and libertys. It's up to us the people to do something about it.
I for one don't shop at Wal-Mart, Zellers, Sears or any other huge corporation focused solely on money over human life. Once I'm older and a little more financially prosperous (cuz I can't do much with 700$ in my bank account), I'll do whatever I can to change things! And I think the purpose of this song is to open people's eyes to what's really going on. God Bless America? No, God Bless Rise Against!
I think you nailed it on the head man, their video even pushes past the line of powerful music with the relation they make to the general portrayal American consumerism walking tall and climbing for those high aspirations of being "the land of the free and the home of the brave" on the backbreaking work of other countries.
I think you nailed it on the head man, their video even pushes past the line of powerful music with the relation they make to the general portrayal American consumerism walking tall and climbing for those high aspirations of being "the land of the free and the home of the brave" on the backbreaking work of other countries.
These two parts are the best man: "Things have to change! We obviously can't rely on our leaders anymore cuz they seem to be ok with the fact that we're stealing other people's own lives and libertys. It's up to us the people to do something about it"
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"God Bless America? No, God Bless Rise Against!"
Hell yeah. Match and make the message man. You're right. It is up to us.
I think the video of the song is pretty self explanatory to what the song means. It's about Corporations (Wal-Mart) buying cheap and selling high. About american companys going around child labor laws or even normal labor laws just so they can save a buck or two per product made. The government, the media, the people constantly say we live in a free country, but that's only what they tell us to keep us blindly and ignorantly happy. We're not free! Hell we're barely a democracy!
Things have to change! We obviously can't rely on our leaders anymore cuz they seem to be ok with the fact that we're stealing other people's own lives and libertys. It's up to us the people to do something about it.
I for one don't shop at Wal-Mart, Zellers, Sears or any other huge corporation focused solely on money over human life. Once I'm older and a little more financially prosperous (cuz I can't do much with 700$ in my bank account), I'll do whatever I can to change things! And I think the purpose of this song is to open people's eyes to what's really going on. God Bless America? No, God Bless Rise Against!
I think you nailed it on the head man, their video even pushes past the line of powerful music with the relation they make to the general portrayal American consumerism walking tall and climbing for those high aspirations of being "the land of the free and the home of the brave" on the backbreaking work of other countries.
I think you nailed it on the head man, their video even pushes past the line of powerful music with the relation they make to the general portrayal American consumerism walking tall and climbing for those high aspirations of being "the land of the free and the home of the brave" on the backbreaking work of other countries.
These two parts are the best man: "Things have to change! We obviously can't rely on our leaders anymore cuz they seem to be ok with the fact that we're stealing other people's own lives and libertys. It's up to us the people to do something about it"
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"God Bless America? No, God Bless Rise Against!"
Hell yeah. Match and make the message man. You're right. It is up to us.