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[–] [email protected] 17 points 20 hours ago

Macklemore stepping up to the plate where no fake rappers dared.

Kendrick is fake.

Drake is fake.

Macklemore is the real one.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

I have been waiting for the rap and punk political songs. Happy to see this, minus the censorship.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Let's be sure to support the creators who speak up. The song is pretty good, video is chilling. Sharing with the people I normally send music suggestions with

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

I watched it for the purpose of resistance.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Not my kind of music, but it's an important message.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

"you can pay off meta, you can't pay off me"

-Macklemore - Hinds Hall

This is the result of not opposing Zionism and the crackdowns on free speech, protests, peaceful organizers...

You cannot accept the "lesser of two evil" decline into Fascism. You have to resist it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s facing heavy censorship because the title is “fucked up”. Every video to come out in the last decade knows to title it “f*cked up” so it doesn’t get demonetized. But he doesn’t care because people will talk, and it’ll make it more know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

That does seem plausible. Still, where are all the other protest songs? The 60's and 70's had great protest songs that I still listen to, even if the context is gone. It feels to me like the kindling is wet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Oh lawd he back. Just when the world needed him most

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not exactly my genre of music but i like it anyway.

It does feel like chaotic times are ahead. At some point, the republicans will do something so vile that people will say "No", and when that happens there will be violence.

I don't want a civil war. I don't want unrest. But I do want every republican and their enablers removed from power, and the billionaires stripped of their wealth. I don't know how to get from here to there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree. If we aren't up in arms now we never will be. There won't be a moment where they go too far. That moment already happened when project 2025 came out and he was still elected. Now that every element of project 2025 is underway there won't be some great shocking moment. Just a slow slide until one day you realize the only real chance to stop the coup was at the start of the presidency.

An-excerpt-from-They-Thought-They-Were-Free-The-Germans

https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1432476/An-excerpt-from-They-Thought-They-Were-Free-The-Germans

https://2025realitycheck.com/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

You're probably right. Dark days ahead.

But I hold out a little hope that people will fight back

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Violence isn't the answer, it is the question. And the answer depends on whether people have been stripped enough of their rights and dignity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I always like to say: there was a way America gained its independence and it wasn't by standing around waving signs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Pretty good video. I fuck with this song's energy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

It’s on YouTube 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The video is easily findable on YouTube, it's shows up both in search and on his official page.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Thank you for sharing, that’s great.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Damn. I don’t like Macklemore and now I feel like I have to listen to this track.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It goes hard, worth a listen.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude I don't like the majority of his stuff but that vid gave me chills. If you're feeling the frustration and rage by the bullshit this administration is pulling, that vid is a balm to your soul.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get that you probably didn't mean much by it but don't let if be "a balm to your soul" let it inspire you to action and speaking up against this regime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Just because it's good to know you're not alone in your feelings doesn't mean your complacent.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

You should.

Its worth it whether youre into his music or not

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Everyone know there would have been a lot of unhappy people with trump election. The government knows too, expect them to try to do everything in their power to try to contain protests.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for posting an alternative link! I had to resort to screen recording to post it due to YouTube's age restriction.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Here is a link without restriction

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

I was never really a fan but Macklemore is on it these days. Power to the people.

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