Randomly listening to Muse, and their weird conspiracy thing about how the "powers that be" want your "compliance".
And I find myself wondering, "comply with what?"
And honestly, the only thing I can think of is "paying taxes".
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Billy Smith
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •I'm in the UK as well, and all our infrastructure is being screwed over by short-term decisions.
When i use the phrase "Hydraulic Despotism", it's meant as describing a system of control that is used to shape the range of possible futures that can potentially exist.
A good example:
Billy Smith
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •The whips inside the head make the victims obey all kinds of stupid orders.
Paying taxes isn't stupid, as long as you have the control of how those taxes are spent.
"No taxation without representation."
Sarah Brown
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •“Join the Resistance!”
“Resisting what, Matthew?”
“Napster! New album out tomorrow, only £18!”
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in reply to Sarah Brown • •Muse: "Show me mercy, from the powers that be! Show me mercy! Someone rescue me!"
Me: "What powers that be, Muse?"
Muse: "The ... powers"
Me: "WHICH ONES MOTHERFUCKERS?"
Muse: *mumble*
Me: "What?"
Muse: *slightly louder mumble*
Me: "USE YOUR FUCKING WORDS"
Muse: "His majesty's revenue and customs, OK? Happy now?"
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Billy Smith
in reply to Sarah Brown • • •Ok 😁
I didn't know that part of the back-story. 😁
Gen X-Wing
in reply to Sarah Brown • • •I’m more worried about the rich. Bands getting rich always turns the same way. Not that I ever enjoyed muse much, but I’ve seen other bands I’ve enjoyed go to the same way.
Corporate greed is good, is a shit genre.
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