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[โ€“] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly what I thought, the first verse and most of the chorus is legit working class anxiety. The rest is blaming other victims of the system, and while it references "rich men," it contains no criticism of their wealth, the reference to taxes is more the opposite.

Well it kinda does criticize them, just only if they are located above a certain geographical point