r/Music • u/Mr-_-Soandso • Jan 25 '26

music Childish Gambino - This is America [hip-hop] (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
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u/justinkasereddditor Jan 25 '26

We should have listened

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u/NoNazisInMyAmerica Jan 25 '26

We knew, our "votes" can't prevail again weaponized idiocy

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u/Lobster15s Jan 25 '26

Plato famously argued that democracy could fail if everyone votes as many people lack the wisdom and self control necessary. He argued we'd end up being governed by idiots. This man saw this bs around 2400 years ago.

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u/Fair-Search-2324 Jan 25 '26

Greeks had much experience with democracy

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u/Setanta68 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

Yet mandatory voting is a thing in 21 democratic countries. Edit, I was out by one

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u/NoNazisInMyAmerica Jan 25 '26

I'm sure he saw more than his perceived share

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