Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything

Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by pr0zac on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:17PM (#33476630)

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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Re:Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed ... by KBeyo on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:34PM (#33476758)

Right on…

My thoughts and some of the people in the financial times argue that we are moving towards a more fragmented and local method of society. One where regions are more self sustaining and less reliant on global trade. I think overall, capitalism as a system can work, it’s just that the rules / laws must change to better accomplish a balance. The lobbying in the interests of corporations is one thing in history to go back and reconsider…

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