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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how many people want to deny a man's lived experience. You need to hear and understand his voice. And maybe you'll reveal something about your own biases.

I totally understand his experience. Being hard working and poor is the experience shared by both left and right. Poor people should unite and overthrow the rich and ruling class, be it democratic or republican. It is a false narrative that this anger only comes from the right, against the left.

The song isn’t about his experiences. It’s about stereotypes and imaginary grievances. No rich men from the North or welfare queens persecuted this guy. He’s a simple small-town Virginia guy who has lived the simple small-town life he chose for himself. The song is popular because millions of people want to believe that they are being persecuted if the whole world isn’t kissing their asses every day. They actually have fewer obstacles in life than at any time in history.

Based on your assessment of his situation, it seems that you think life is about choices. Do you apply that line of thinking to everyone's circumstances or just certain groups of people?

Nobody discriminated or segregated or did anything to limit his opportunities. Nobody forced him to drop out of school. He has lived the life he chose. Now he has a successful music career using the old Southern formula of blaming all his struggles on Yankees and welfare queens.

Once again... he is not blaming "Yankees>" The "Rich men north of Richmond" was a reference to politicians in DC. Not "Yankees" in general.

No one has ever referred to DC or the federal government as “rich men north of Richmond.” Never. It’s a neo-Confederate reference. It doesn’t make sense as anything else.

The guy obviously likes word play--in this case between "rich men" and "Richmond."

See also " the use of "miners" and "minors" in the lyrics.

The “rich men” word play still doesn’t fit DC or the government. Call us bureaucratic, call us woke, but DC is not about rich men controlling everything. Rich men probably have less clout in DC than in any other city or state in the country.

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Melting pot has been a way to describe US diversity for a very long time. It is no longer a fashionable concept.

Yes. The idea was that we all came together as one. Now, they want us to be a tossed salad.

Melting pot has been a way to describe US diversity for a very long time. It is no longer a fashionable concept.

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how many people want to deny a man's lived experience. You need to hear and understand his voice. And maybe you'll reveal something about your own biases.

I totally understand his experience. Being hard working and poor is the experience shared by both left and right. Poor people should unite and overthrow the rich and ruling class, be it democratic or republican. It is a false narrative that this anger only comes from the right, against the left.

The song isn’t about his experiences. It’s about stereotypes and imaginary grievances. No rich men from the North or welfare queens persecuted this guy. He’s a simple small-town Virginia guy who has lived the simple small-town life he chose for himself. The song is popular because millions of people want to believe that they are being persecuted if the whole world isn’t kissing their asses every day. They actually have fewer obstacles in life than at any time in history.

Based on your assessment of his situation, it seems that you think life is about choices. Do you apply that line of thinking to everyone's circumstances or just certain groups of people?

Nobody discriminated or segregated or did anything to limit his opportunities. Nobody forced him to drop out of school. He has lived the life he chose. Now he has a successful music career using the old Southern formula of blaming all his struggles on Yankees and welfare queens.

Once again... he is not blaming "Yankees>" The "Rich men north of Richmond" was a reference to politicians in DC. Not "Yankees" in general.

No one has ever referred to DC or the federal government as “rich men north of Richmond.” Never. It’s a neo-Confederate reference. It doesn’t make sense as anything else.

The guy obviously likes word play--in this case between "rich men" and "Richmond."

See also " the use of "miners" and "minors" in the lyrics.

The “rich men” word play still doesn’t fit DC or the government. Call us bureaucratic, call us woke, but DC is not about rich men controlling everything. Rich men probably have less clout in DC than in any other city or state in the country.

Rich men is a reference to politicians and the lobbyists and rich who hire them to influence the politicians.

DC is not where some rich man set his factory wages at “bullshit pay” level. He might have gone somewhere with that, but instead he made it political with the same old weak stereotypes we’ve heard for 50 years.

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how many people want to deny a man's lived experience. You need to hear and understand his voice. And maybe you'll reveal something about your own biases.

I totally understand his experience. Being hard working and poor is the experience shared by both left and right. Poor people should unite and overthrow the rich and ruling class, be it democratic or republican. It is a false narrative that this anger only comes from the right, against the left.

The song isn’t about his experiences. It’s about stereotypes and imaginary grievances. No rich men from the North or welfare queens persecuted this guy. He’s a simple small-town Virginia guy who has lived the simple small-town life he chose for himself. The song is popular because millions of people want to believe that they are being persecuted if the whole world isn’t kissing their asses every day. They actually have fewer obstacles in life than at any time in history.

Based on your assessment of his situation, it seems that you think life is about choices. Do you apply that line of thinking to everyone's circumstances or just certain groups of people?

Nobody discriminated or segregated or did anything to limit his opportunities. Nobody forced him to drop out of school. He has lived the life he chose. Now he has a successful music career using the old Southern formula of blaming all his struggles on Yankees and welfare queens.

Once again... he is not blaming "Yankees>" The "Rich men north of Richmond" was a reference to politicians in DC. Not "Yankees" in general.

No one has ever referred to DC or the federal government as “rich men north of Richmond.” Never. It’s a neo-Confederate reference. It doesn’t make sense as anything else.

The guy obviously likes word play--in this case between "rich men" and "Richmond."

See also " the use of "miners" and "minors" in the lyrics.

The “rich men” word play still doesn’t fit DC or the government. Call us bureaucratic, call us woke, but DC is not about rich men controlling everything. Rich men probably have less clout in DC than in any other city or state in the country.

Rich men is a reference to politicians and the lobbyists and rich who hire them to influence the politicians.

DC is not where some rich man set his factory wages at “bullshit pay” level. He might have gone somewhere with that, but instead he made it political with the same old weak stereotypes we’ve heard for 50 years.

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how many people want to deny a man's lived experience. You need to hear and understand his voice. And maybe you'll reveal something about your own biases.

I totally understand his experience. Being hard working and poor is the experience shared by both left and right. Poor people should unite and overthrow the rich and ruling class, be it democratic or republican. It is a false narrative that this anger only comes from the right, against the left.

The song isn’t about his experiences. It’s about stereotypes and imaginary grievances. No rich men from the North or welfare queens persecuted this guy. He’s a simple small-town Virginia guy who has lived the simple small-town life he chose for himself. The song is popular because millions of people want to believe that they are being persecuted if the whole world isn’t kissing their asses every day. They actually have fewer obstacles in life than at any time in history.

Based on your assessment of his situation, it seems that you think life is about choices. Do you apply that line of thinking to everyone's circumstances or just certain groups of people?

Nobody discriminated or segregated or did anything to limit his opportunities. Nobody forced him to drop out of school. He has lived the life he chose. Now he has a successful music career using the old Southern formula of blaming all his struggles on Yankees and welfare queens.

Once again... he is not blaming "Yankees>" The "Rich men north of Richmond" was a reference to politicians in DC. Not "Yankees" in general.

No one has ever referred to DC or the federal government as “rich men north of Richmond.” Never. It’s a neo-Confederate reference. It doesn’t make sense as anything else.

The guy obviously likes word play--in this case between "rich men" and "Richmond."

See also " the use of "miners" and "minors" in the lyrics.

The “rich men” word play still doesn’t fit DC or the government. Call us bureaucratic, call us woke, but DC is not about rich men controlling everything. Rich men probably have less clout in DC than in any other city or state in the country.

Rich men is a reference to politicians and the lobbyists and rich who hire them to influence the politicians.

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how many people want to deny a man's lived experience. You need to hear and understand his voice. And maybe you'll reveal something about your own biases.

I totally understand his experience. Being hard working and poor is the experience shared by both left and right. Poor people should unite and overthrow the rich and ruling class, be it democratic or republican. It is a false narrative that this anger only comes from the right, against the left.

The song isn’t about his experiences. It’s about stereotypes and imaginary grievances. No rich men from the North or welfare queens persecuted this guy. He’s a simple small-town Virginia guy who has lived the simple small-town life he chose for himself. The song is popular because millions of people want to believe that they are being persecuted if the whole world isn’t kissing their asses every day. They actually have fewer obstacles in life than at any time in history.

Based on your assessment of his situation, it seems that you think life is about choices. Do you apply that line of thinking to everyone's circumstances or just certain groups of people?

Nobody discriminated or segregated or did anything to limit his opportunities. Nobody forced him to drop out of school. He has lived the life he chose. Now he has a successful music career using the old Southern formula of blaming all his struggles on Yankees and welfare queens.

Once again... he is not blaming "Yankees>" The "Rich men north of Richmond" was a reference to politicians in DC. Not "Yankees" in general.

No one has ever referred to DC or the federal government as “rich men north of Richmond.” Never. It’s a neo-Confederate reference. It doesn’t make sense as anything else.

The guy obviously likes word play--in this case between "rich men" and "Richmond."

See also " the use of "miners" and "minors" in the lyrics.

The “rich men” word play still doesn’t fit DC or the government. Call us bureaucratic, call us woke, but DC is not about rich men controlling everything. Rich men probably have less clout in DC than in any other city or state in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how many people want to deny a man's lived experience. You need to hear and understand his voice. And maybe you'll reveal something about your own biases.

I totally understand his experience. Being hard working and poor is the experience shared by both left and right. Poor people should unite and overthrow the rich and ruling class, be it democratic or republican. It is a false narrative that this anger only comes from the right, against the left.

The song isn’t about his experiences. It’s about stereotypes and imaginary grievances. No rich men from the North or welfare queens persecuted this guy. He’s a simple small-town Virginia guy who has lived the simple small-town life he chose for himself. The song is popular because millions of people want to believe that they are being persecuted if the whole world isn’t kissing their asses every day. They actually have fewer obstacles in life than at any time in history.

Based on your assessment of his situation, it seems that you think life is about choices. Do you apply that line of thinking to everyone's circumstances or just certain groups of people?

Nobody discriminated or segregated or did anything to limit his opportunities. Nobody forced him to drop out of school. He has lived the life he chose. Now he has a successful music career using the old Southern formula of blaming all his struggles on Yankees and welfare queens.

Once again... he is not blaming "Yankees>" The "Rich men north of Richmond" was a reference to politicians in DC. Not "Yankees" in general.

No one has ever referred to DC or the federal government as “rich men north of Richmond.” Never. It’s a neo-Confederate reference. It doesn’t make sense as anything else.

The guy obviously likes word play--in this case between "rich men" and "Richmond."

See also " the use of "miners" and "minors" in the lyrics.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t intend it to send a divisive message, in fact, the opposite. He’s apolitical, thinks the media is divisive, wants people to see what’s common between them. It will be unfortunate if it’s used as a political tool. That isn’t his intention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNqvfMrYdNo

He wants people to see what’s common between them by dividing the north from the south? He thinks that echoing the divides of the civil war is the best way to be apolitical? He must be pretty dumb or you are completely wrong about his motives.

How in the hell did he divide the north and the south?

What part of "North of Richmond" did you miss? Did you actually even bother to listen to and think about any of the lyrics? Seems glaring that you haven't.

Dear Lord. You are totally misunderstanding the title and the lyrics.

"Rich men north of Richmond" is a creative way to refer to the politicians in DC.... a city north of Richmond.
He is not dividing the north and south.

He just happened to choose Richmond, the capital city of the Confederacy by complete chance! Then he just stumbled his way into using “North” as a key descriptor! Nothing at all about the civil war or north/south division!

SMH