Rich Men North of Richmond

[GMDino]

(08-18-2023, 03:54 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I think this is a good summary of the political debate on the song from The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/08/the-misguided-debate-over-rich-men-north-of-richmond/675046/

and a New Yorker article about it: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/a-close-listen-to-rich-men-north-of-richmond

Out of all the articles I have read on the song, I think those two do the best job of the discussion surrounding is and how misguided it seems to be. People are so deep into the divisions that those rich men north of Richmond are pushing upon us that they want to take a song decrying exactly that, and use it to divide us even more.

Yeah, it has been all over my socials since it went viral...and I still haven't heard it.

Unfortunately it got the "right wing anthem" treatment right away.

Maybe I'll accidentally hear it at some point, but I'm sure one my right-wing relatives will INSIST it be played at a football watching party and tell me how great it represents what liberals are doing to 'murica.

For the reason alone I'd rather not even know the song and will avoid it...lol...even if that is not true about it.

Lastly I have always been that guy who just wont get swept up in fads, viral things, "must see" things, etc.  So anytime something like this is all over the news you can bet I'm out.