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David Holmgren's avatar

Great to hear the fluid flow of your creativity expressing yourself fearlessly and informing those curious about some of the details of tightening straight jacket that you have been investigating. As well as identifying the threads and cords of the straight jacket I think we should especially focus on the fraying and fragmenting of the web of constriction almost as fast as new threads of the web is spun around us. I think ridicule is the most powerful weapon against the systemic forces we resist, even if they are more powerful than our worst nightmares.

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Thanks for the comment Dave. Yes a bit of poking fun. We followed your lead in the noble pursuit of a counter-culture no longer ignored by those intent on a rather large enclosures act 2.0. It turns out they can’t leave well enough alone and so the counter narrative must move to a new phase of increased creative pressure into the culture at large.

I’m up for it.

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aagabriel's avatar

Talent.

Digging the lyrical poetry.

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Mark's avatar

Like what so many have said before, powerful and hard hitting and just need to spread it around and pollinate some fresh minds. Keep them coming. Loving all that you are doing.

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Blue Electric Storm's avatar

Haha, one of my favorite memes, "if you're not on a watchlist"

I want to respond ,just now, to a comment you made elsewhere, such:

"Oh, look, our currency is backed by oxygen and sea water. There is plenty of leverage. "

Perfect, LOL. And, what's more, you can trade you "carbon scalps" in at your local for .......a candy bar? A Walmart laser? A gas mask?

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

I’m working on some lyrics around the working title ‘protection racket’ except now we pay the tribute and are not protected. Carbon scalpers are coming man…

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Blue Electric Storm's avatar

No mafioso "protection racket" has ever rendered anything but threats!!

Protecting their right to thievery.

"Every man I meet wants to protect me. I wonder from what? " Mae West

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veronica vee's avatar

Down with fascist dogs 🐕 fuk neoliberalism, serfs or slave, dictating the terms don't change.. fight the fight my brother 💚🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

I’ll give it a red hot go. xxxx

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

Listen up hear meh yeah I know you’re there

Put me on a watch list I don’t care

(Literally me, very nice).

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Yeah - fuck em. Love your work

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

I feel bad that I clicked on your Substack and video. Don't be surprised if it gets deleted. I am radioactive.

FUCK ASIO

FUCK WA POL

etc.

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Don’t feel bad. The great thing about nobody’s like me is we are like weeds. Never ever get rid of em.

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

Facts. This is what I tell people as well. I am nobody special. I just have an axe to grind. I watch...and I wait.

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Neoliberal Feudalism's avatar

Nice song, Thumbnail!

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Noel Spangler's avatar

We need more rap like this -- speaking truth to power. Appreciate all the subversive sensory details, metaphors and rhymes. Great work!

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Thanks Noel. I'm of two minds. It's great that there is so little content in this space because it's an open field and also "WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE CONTENT IN THIS SPACE?!" Thanks for getting the lyrics - I work hard to get a lot of details in there.

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Matthew Haviland's avatar

"THIS TiME Daddy isn’t lying to me!

He promised he will buy me a pony!'

THIS TIME Daddy isn’t lying to me!

He promised he is gonna buy me a pony!'"

Love this part, good bridge, you don't always get something thought-provoking in the connecting parts. Nice flow, love the song.

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Yeah thanks. Everyone abused always speaks to defend the bloody abuser!

Thanks I’m glad you liked that but. Most didn’t pick up on it.

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Matthew Haviland's avatar

Yes! Haha, if you speak out, you’re the “savior,” and should thus just be quiet so you’re not seen as psychologically ensnared, in it.

Bleh!

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Etienne de la Boetie2's avatar

Going to feature this in Five Meme Friday... which is coming out on Monday this week.. LOL

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Great - the watch list grows all the time. They are gunna run out of red flashing lights!

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J.J. Dawson's avatar

Hey man - love the song, nice one! And always good to meet a fellow rapper. I've dabbled myself in the past and occasionally still drop bars. Maybe we should collab some time.

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

I’d love to. I’ll DM you and we’ll find something to do there.

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Heather B's avatar

Awesome!

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Cheeky Gesturton's avatar

An article in a Seattle paper (~8 years back) highlighted that recent college graduates, working locally in IT, earn the fourth highest pay in the nation.

A few paragraphs in, it was revealed that highest pay was to be had in (take a guess).....

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

OOPS! They let that out?!?!!

Yes, keyboard warriors to flood all comment boards.

Most likely working in close tandem with unit 82ohoh

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Sleeping a banker. My lyrics are rude but point to exactly what your showing.

Sell outs.

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Kathryn's avatar

Very cool.

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Thumbnail Green's avatar

Thank you Kathryn

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