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Originally Posted by dyna mo
i don't see it that way. i've been a RATM fan since the beginning and in that time i've yet to come across anything that shows they promote communism.
now what they do promote is revolution.
and they do use revolutionists to sometimes do that. but no where on the record do they claim to be communists or promote communism
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Well I may be reading between the lines a little but I take the "revolution" they propose, when taken with their anti-capitalist message, to mean "communist revolution" - even if they don't explicitly use those words in their music. Their non-musical commentary seems to back that up.
Either Tom Morello wears that hat as a costume to a Halloween party or he wears it like a badge representative of his beliefs. Same for de la Rocha and his red star arm band. Who knows, maybe they are just poseurs trying to look cool and tap a niche or maybe we really have to take them at their word and believe they are serious.
And like I said - I like their music too. But I don't have to like their message.
Wouldn't that be the ultimate spin if their whole "revolution" and anti-capitalist thing was just a conscious gimmick used as a marketing tool to sell more records to angsty leftists? These days you never know.
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