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Meaning of ‘The Sound of Silence’ by ‘Disturbed’
The song “The Sound of Silence” by Disturbed is a powerful rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic hit. It speaks of alienation, the loss of genuine communication, and the deep chasms created by our society’s reliance on superficial interactions. With its haunting delivery, Disturbed adds a layer of urgency and depth, turning the song into a brooding anthem for the disconnected.
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The Profound Meaning Behind Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence”
“The Sound of Silence” comes to a close with a warning, pointedly calling out the all-consuming consumerism and using those already lost to it as an example of what’s to come if we continue to find solace in the silence. And the people bowed and prayed / To the neon god they made / And the sign flashed out its warning / In the words that it was forming / And the sign said, “The words of the prophets / Are written on the subway walls / And tenement halls / And whispered in the sounds of silence.”
Flashback To 2008: Prominent Neo-Conservative Admits U.S. Role In Eastern European Revolutions
Waiting for the end of the world
We cannot even begin to imagine the uninterrupted cascading effects of the geopolitical earthquake of 2023 that shook the world: Putin and Xi, in Moscow, effectively signalling the beginning of the end of the Pax Americana.
Waiting for the end of the world
The Structural Scaffolding to Potential Mid-East War
Today, Iran is demonised as an intolerable threat to western global Order. But it was not always thus, Alastair Crooke writes.
The Structural Scaffolding to Potential Mid-East War
INSIDE THE NEW RIGHT, WHERE PETER THIEL IS PLACING HIS BIGGEST BETS
They’re not MAGA. They’re not QAnon. Curtis Yarvin and the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics.
INSIDE THE NEW RIGHT, WHERE PETER THIEL IS PLACING HIS BIGGEST BETS
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Prime Minister Khan’s RT Interview: Global Trends, The Global South, Ties With Russia
The Brahmins of Democracy: Communists vs. Patriotic Socialists
Michael Millerman goes over the article:
The Brahmins of Democracy: Communists vs. Patriotic Socialists.
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Covid hit the working class hardest, but the traditional Left is deaf to their problems. Enter the populist Left
A real Left would have redirected this anger at the profiteers and politicians who failed the workers, giving them only crumbs in the form of stimulus payments. A worker-focused Left would argue for the appropriation of corporate delivery systems like Amazon for basic necessities if they wanted people to stay home, end evictions, protect wages, support those who continued to work, and much more. None of that happened, but at least Mr. Potato Head is now gender neutral. Tell that to the next class reductionist who wants to be protected from eviction!
Far-Right Intellectuals Are Offering Workers a Rotten Deal
Far-right intellectuals like Steve Bannon claim to speak for a working class put upon by out-of-touch liberal elites. But their anti-modernist, hierarchical vision of the world doesn’t offer workers what they really need: more money in their pockets, and more power at the workplace.
Far-Right Intellectuals Are Offering Workers a Rotten Deal
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