We Are All Bourgeois Now
Lots of other people seem to have picked up on the decision of one of the 'thought-leaders' of the British pro-war 'Left', Alan Johnson, to finally publically renounce Marxism. It would be nice to think that this blog might do a careful point-by-point 'In Defence of Marxism' type rebuttal of Johnson's nonsense. But this renegade Johnson doesn't deserve that and so instead I am going to link to the lyrics of a satirical Manic Street Preachers song, 'We Are All Bourgeois Now', as it serves as more than an adequate political critique.
Labels: Pro-war "Left"
posted by Snowball @ 4:04 pm
5 Comments:
Actually, I think that's a pretty persuasive collection of arguments from Johnson, whether you happen to agree with them or not. Far better, I think you'll find, than you'll get from dumbass pseudo-socialist manics.
Gabriel - cheers.
Minifig - 'dumbass pseudo-socialist manics' -such as who? C'mon man, don't be shy, spit it out...
Great shout. The Manics version was only a cover though. The original was by awesome 80s political punk pop geniuses McCarthy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthy_(band)
Manics, as in short for the Manic Street Preachers themselves. Possibly the world's most hypocritical band?
Sorry minifig - misread your post as 'maniacs' for some odd reason - with you now...
Hypocrits - possibly - but I remember how inspiring and powerful some of their stuff is, and was ('Let Robeson sing' etc) and so forgive them. Haven't heard their latest album...
Hope you are well anyway...
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