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Lol this video makes me laugh and is frankly having the opposite effect on me. Like, what should I even take away from this video? Should I walk away going "aw shucks my music choice didn't fully align with the ideological underpinnings of my world view and now I have to pray at the alter of Marx and say 5 wages, price and profit to repent".
Welles is still very talented. Songs like Walmart, Philanthropist, United Health, Whistle Boeing, or War Isn't Murder are still great songs. It's not shocking he's a lib. Most people are libs.
I'd rather just enjoy the guys music then give a shit if he's a lib. I'll take an antiwar lib over a pro war lib in these fucking dog shit times.
I'm starting to believe his music is harmful, though. He basically brings every issue down to its lowest common denominator and turns it into "killing bad, let's all--fascists, libs, and commies--get along". He even both sides the Israeli genocide in one of his later songs. His commenters and fans still continue to uplift him and treat him like some wise man hero.
I'm not denying Welles is talented nor am I saying you shouldn't listen to him. I just believe he cares more about his career than to actually create songs that involve critical thinking, nuance, and understanding of materialism.
Sure that's a more substantive critique then this video presents. This video wreaks of terminally online smarmy "fell for it" energy. Do some people just enjoy laying in the grass waiting to pounce on subjects like this? Also, the first half of this video is strictly going after Welles appearance? Let's be real, this is a pretty poor delivery mechanism for the message.
I don't want to just be a shitter here, and I feel that I am doing that. What I'll say is, A) yeah the guy wants to make money B) Yeah he's a coward for putting out that weak ass kirk song C) his "message" (if he even has a coherent one) is still worth supporting if only because its like a foot in the door. You can use it as a means of bonding and relating to people who could be moved to the left of his perspective.
Developments like the popularity of Welles should be viewed as an opportunity. Instead it would seem some people would rather use these developments as a cudgel to bonk over the heads of people growing in class conciseness.
Maybe I should have created a written discussion topic than linking this video.
Hey it's all good. Discussion is happening! Diss tracks are real hit or miss. The track might not be hitting for me but the conversation is!