Bread and circuses.
It currently poses NO threat to the rich men and women north of Richmond...
...because let's not forget ekwalitee and ekwitee
-It's not just names like Biden, McConnell, Romney, Fetterman, and Schumer that he is singing about. He is also singing about names like Warren, Harris, Murkowski, Fienstein, Clinton, Collins, Jackson-Lee, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley, and Pelosi.
He's good for now because he hasn't called out a protected class - but the instant that bearded Hillbilly offends someone inside the Beltway, you can bet your cis-gendered white middle-aged ass that the news stories will start rolling about his tax returns, his affinity for scary guns, his harassment of protected social classes, and whatever else it takes to get rid of him.
For now, he's just a redneck with a fancy banjo - the 24 hour news cycle will push him to the rear in a few more days - even if they have to incinerate an entire island paradise to put a new story in the headlines.
In fact, if his song starts to draw any liberal approval - I fully expect to see another state attorney indict Donald Trump on some more charges of doubting election results to flip the news cycle but for now, the pimps whores and child molesters inside the beltway aren't at all worried about this guys music causing a "red wave" or a sudden return to baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet
I strongly disagree brother. I think we are having a national moment.
Also, as a point of clarification "bread and circuses" were what the Roman government provided to keep the plebs in line. This is the exact opposite of that. To me it's more analogous to a local minstrel writing a song that inspired Spartacus than it is a public handout from a purple-robed emperor.
Despite what the haters are predictably saying about it, this song has universal appeal. Anyone in the middle or working classes can relate and find meaning in it. It transcends racial, political, and socio-economic grounds. Check this out:
HEARTWARMING: Black Americans react to VIRAL off-the-grid farmer Oliver Anthony who recorded protest song against DC elites that broke the internet
| You gotta see this! 
| By Benny Johnson | Facebook
I'm not embarrassed to say that the above video brought tears to my eyes.
I also don't get what you mean about not going after protected classes. There is no more-protected class than the political elite. Note that I said "political elite," not just "liberal elite." The whole group is part of the problem. Also, welfare recipients and people with health problems are protected classes socially, if not politically, and he goes after both. In fact, that's one the things that the left is currently attacking him over. This song is a shotgun blast to the face of the entire political-media complex, and I'm here for it.
As for the news stories, the attacks are already coming in fast and furious. Here are some examples:
"Punches down," "Smash among conservatives." "The right wing loves it." "Right-wing pundits." "Populist, polarizing." Typical. I haven't seen any "it's racist" headlines out there but I'm sure they're coming, along with "confederacy" and "white supremacy." Because that's what they always do.
So yeah, conservatives like me love this song. But do you know know else does? Every-fucking-body-else. People are falling over themselves to remix, add to, share, and promote the song. Major labels and producers want to sign Oliver Anthony, the singer, including Gucci Mane. Now Gucci isn't my favorite rapper, in fact I think the only lyrics of his I can quote are from "
Freaky Gurl." But I have to acknowledge his power and influence. And I'm pretty sure no one would consider him right-wing or a white supremacist. Why do these labels and artists want in on this? Because the whole country loves it.
Additionally, Oliver Anthony is now competing for the #1 song on the charts with people like Taylor Swift, who is in the middle of promoting her biggest tour ever, an epic production that's set to generate billions of dollars in revenue, through a fan base that took decades to build. And yet there this guy is...
Real movement in social revolutions may seem like it happens overnight, but it takes a long time to steer a social ship. The Arab Spring blew up after a single fruit vendor self-immolated in Tunisia, but the seeds that bore that fruit germinated for a long time before that. No one thought that a meth'ed-out felon who pulled a gun on a pregnant woman and died because of an overdose after trying to pass a counterfeit bill and fighting the cops would result in the violence of the BLM movement. But it did. Because it wasn't about him necessarily, it was about the social undercurrent. He was just the broader symbol of a national mood.
Most of America, including me, thought that there was no way that an outspoken, controversial, amoral outsider could become President of the United States on the Republican ticket, not when matched up against the most powerful political dynasty of our time. But we got Trump. Why? Because the powerful misjudged the moment.
We didn't wake up one morning with "equity" and corporate ESG and wokeism being dominant. It happened over time, through symbols and moments and in increments. And we did nothing to stop it. So here we are now. It's easy to fall back on cynicism and throw up one's hands. But to me, this national moment gives me hope. There's opportunity in this symbol, in this moment. So what are we--we the People, not "we the people on my side politically"--going to do with it?
It very well may be that this is a flash in the pan; we could find out tomorrow that Oliver is a commie pedo who is in bed with China and hates everything about America and everything I value. But today... today I'm going to take the wins where I can find them, brother.
I'll close by saying I haven't felt this much enthusiasm and optimism since I heard General McChrystal was taking over the war in Afghanistan.
Hopefully this one will have a better ending.
