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THE BEATLES PRESENT: LIVE FROM THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

by The Beatles

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Mark Finally I can say it.. FUCK YOU RINGO YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! Favorite track: NEOLIBERAL NOBODY.
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34 05:19
YOU CAN SEE IT ALL, ETC.
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IN THE YEAR OF THE PLAGUE IT CAN NO LONGER BE CONTROLLED A NEW NORMAL HAS ARRIVED THE OLD CLING TO THE OLD WILL IT HELP IF IT'S KEPT TO YOUR DISCRETION HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN SPREADING THIS INFECTION? WOULD IT MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BETTER IF YOU COULD BE THE SUPERSPREADER? IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IT IS WHAT IT IS OF COURSE, IT'S BEEN EXPLOITED IT IS WHAT IT IS IN EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE NOWHERE TO HIDE, WITH ALL TO BLAME THE IGNORANCE OF THE MANY HAS JEOPARDIZED THE VERY SAME FEEL A BIT ILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATONE? ARE YOU READY TO DIE ALONE? PERHAPS WE CAN MEET A LITTLE LATER ONCE YOU'RE FITTED WITH THE VENTILATOR WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA ONE YEAR AND MILLIONS OF LIVES LATER: IT IS WHAT IT IS
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(twitter) 00:13
EVERY BAD TAKE FROM EVERYONE YOU HATE ALL IN THE SAME PLACE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS THE ABILITY TO THREATEN EVERYONE YOU DISAGREE WITH
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STOLE SOME VALOR FROM THE U.S. NAVY AND NOW HE SITS IN CONGRESS PALE AS DAY, ALL-AMERICAN CREEP OBSESSED WITH ADOLF HITLER POISONED PORK SLIDERS AT THE RODEO AND NOW SHE SITS IN CONGRESS BOOGALOO BARBIE WITH GUNS A-BLAZIN' OUT FUCKING THREE-PERCENTERS PATRIOTIC MILITIAS: THE CHILDREN OF JOHN BIRCH, ROBERT BYRD, AND STROM THURMOND IT'S THE WAY IT ALWAYS WAS TURNED A BLIND EYE DOWN AT O.S.U. AND HE STILL SITS IN CONGRESS TRADITION CARRIED FROM JOE PATERNO AND AFRAID OF CANCEL CULTURE FLED THE NATION WHILE TEJAS FROZE AND HE STILL SITS IN CONGRESS CROSSING THE BORDER WHILE BUILDING THE WALL ANOTHER COWARD ON OUR PAYROLL SATANIC PANIC IN THE INTERNET AGE LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE IT DID FORTY YEARS AGO PATRIOT POLITICIANS: THE CHILDREN OF JOHN BIRCH, ROBERT BYRD, AND STROM THURMOND IT'S THE WAY IT ALWAYS WAS IT'S JUST WHAT ALL THAT POWER DOES IT'S THE SAME AS IT EVER WAS THEY DRAGGED QADDAFI INTO THE STREET AND THEN THEY FUCKIN KILLED HIM
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WHEN YOU WERE BORN WERE YOUR ASPIRATIONS A CAUSE FOR JOY OR A SUBJECT OF SCORN? DID YOU IDOLIZE THE CHARACTERS DISPLAYS ON SCREENS SPLAYED OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES? DID THE EVENTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE LEAVE YOU RIFE FOR THE STRESS OF FAME? AND WHO COULD BLAME THE OTHER SIDE FOR COMING ALONG FOR THE RIDE? NOW YOU'RE THE SUBJECT OF ANOTHER DOCUSERIES DID YOU SEEK TO BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING PURE OR THROUGH THE EVENTS OF WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS SHOWN? THE COSTS OF INFAMY: SEE THE STUDIO TAKE A HEALTHY CUT OF YOUR TRAGEDY DID YOU SELL THE RIGHTS TO YOUR LIFE? DID YOU PAY THE PRICE FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE? WHILE EVERYONE COULD BEAR WITNESS AND NOW YOU MERELY EXIST AS THE SUBJECT OF ANOTHER DOCUSERIES
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(ig) 00:07
COMMODIFY YOURSELF YOU BIG TECH EXPERIMENT YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE FOLLOWERS YOU HAVE
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CONTENT CREATOR QUANTITY OVER QUALITY AND AS YOU CAN SEE I JUST WANNA BE A CONTENT CREATOR MANIPULATOR INDOCTRINATOR CONTAMINATOR THE INFLUENCER SPREADING LIKE INFLUENZ-ER DEREGULATION OF DISINFORMATION BECOME YOUR OWN BRAND JUST MAKE SURE THE IRON'S NICE AND HOT UNBOXING AND REACTING ALL THE PEOPLE SING THAT THEY NEED THESE THINGS: (various complaints about content) IF THIS IS THE GREAT AWAKENING I'D RATHER STAY ASLEEP
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THE RICH AND PRIVILEGED OVERLOAD THE SCALES SOCIETAL EQUITY HAS ALL BUT FAILED BLINDLY DRIFTING BEYOND THE PALE MAINTAINING WEALTH AND POWER, THEY PREVAIL HUMANITY - A CONCEPT THEY'VE ALL MISSED THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO THEIR AVARICE IT'S A CRIME THAT IT'S COME TO THIS FOR CONSEQUENCES HAVE ALL BEEN DISMISSED THEY DIG DEEPER BUT KEEP THEMSELVES ALOFT HOW MUCH LONGER UNTIL THE WHEELS COME OFF? NO SINGLE WORD OF TRUTH 'ERE LEAVE THEIR LIPS REGARD FOR OTHERS HAS ALL BEEN ECLIPSED DELUSIONS IN A STEADY CLIP WHILE EVERY SEMBLANCE OF REALITY SLIPS HUMILITY - A TRAIT THEY CANNOT FIND NO SELF-AWARENESS EVER CROSSED THEIR MINDS ENDLESS ABUSES UNDERMINED THE SYSTEM WORKING JUST AS IT'S DESIGNED WE'VE YET TO REACH THE NADIR OF THE TROUGH SO HOW MUCH LONGER UNTIL THE WHEELS COME OFF?
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EXODUS 32:4 01:58
GATHER 'ROUND, ALPHAS, AND HEAR THIS SONG OF HOW SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION CAN BE WRONG CAUGHT IN THE DOMINION OF ANOTHER BIG LIE, SEE THE DIGITAL SOLDIERS STAND BACK AND STAND BY THEY DROP THEIR DROPPINGS AND STRING YOU ALONG WATKINS FIDDLES WHILE THE BOTS MEME ON IF YOU AIN'T A TRUE BELIEVER WHO IS PILLED TO THE GILLS, IF THE FASCISTS DON'T GETCHA, THEN THE VIRUS WILL AN OLD DAWN RISES ON A MILITARY STATE HEAR THE NOISE FROM PROUD BOYS FILL THE SUMMER OF HATE CHANTING FOURTEEN WORDS, CONVINCED THEY'RE RIGHT WHERE NO LIVES MATTER LEST THEY'RE CHRISTIAN AND WHITE WAVING FLAGS AND GUNS AS THEY JEER AND THEY LAUGH WHILE THEY BOW AT THE CROWN ON THEIR GOLDEN CALF THEY'LL DESTROY YOUR LIFE AND MAKE YOU FOOT THE BILL IF THE COPS DON'T GETCHA, THEN THE VIRUS WILL EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, FOLKS THIS WUHAN DISEASE IS JUST A COSMIC HOAX BUT WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE MILLIONS WHO DIED? WE'LL KEEP THE CHURCHES OPEN AND LET THE GOOD LORD DECIDE IF THEY STAY LOCKED DOWN, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BAKE WHILE WATCHING O.A.N.N. AND EATING OVERCOOKED STEAK THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE PERPETUATES STILL CAUSE IF THE FEDS DON'T GETCHA, THEN THE VIRUS WILL
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A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING A TRAITOR TO YOUR PEERS SUCK UP TO THE MEDIA TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANNA HEAR TALK DOWN TO THE WORKING CLASS WITH SHIT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHILE ENABLING YOUR RICH FRIENDS TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO YOU'RE JUST A NEOLIBERAL NOBODY YOU'RE PERVERTED AND ANCIENT AN EXPLOITATIVE SHILL YOU STAND FOR FUCKING NOTHING BUT THE TRIUMPH OF YOUR WILL YOU HIDE BEHIND YOUR PRIVILEGE COVER UP YOUR PREJUDICE BUT YOU'RE AS RACIST AS THE WORST OF THEM AND MORE CLASSIST THAN THE REST YOU'RE JUST A NEOLIBERAL NOBODY
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(zoom) 00:18
SIRI AND ALEXA SOLD YOU OUT TO THE POLICE NOW YOU CAN ZOOM INTO THE BELLY OF THE BEAST RING, RING, RING GOES YOUR DOORBELL AND YOUR PHONE LET THE N.S.A. RIGHT ON INTO YOUR HOME
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A MAN IN HIS PICKUP RANTING ABOUT THE C.C.P. AS HE DRIVES A COUPLE DUDES IN THEIR THIRTIES WHO SWEAR J.F.K. JR.'S STILL ALIVE TRUST IN THE ALGORITHM A DUTCH LADY WITH A CALMING VOICE EXPLAINING THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW A PLAN TO SAVE THE WORLD COMMUNICATED THROUGH A STOCK PHOTO SLIDE SHOW TRUSTING THE ALGORITHM A SKETCHY WEBSITE THAT SEEMS TO BE SHUT DOWN HALF THE TIME BUT WHEN IT'S RUNNING, IT PROMISES WE WILL GO FROM DARK TO LIGHT TRUST IN THE ALGORITHM A MOUNTAIN OUT WEST FULL OF TELEPATHIC HUMANOIDS SKYWARD BEAMING A PODCAST ON YOUTUBE OF AMMO-CLAD PATRIOTS GALLANTLY STREAMING TRUSTING THE ALGORITHM A HEALTH FOOD YOGI DRINKING PISS AND SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY COUPS GOVERNMENT ANONS GUIDED BY GOD PREACHING WHAT I OUGHT TO DO TRUST IN THE ALGORITHM SOMETHING ABOUT PIZZA, HOLLYWOOD, OPRAH, AND ADRENOCHROME VAPORWAVE AESTHETICS LACED WITH SUBTLE FASCIST OVERTONES TRUSTING THE ALGORITHM IT'S WHAT THE FEDS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S WHAT BIG TECH DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION
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POOR JIM THIRTY YEARS AT HIS FACTORY JOB CONVINCED HE WASN'T A REPLACEABLE COG BUT SOON HE'D BE PROVEN WRONG GOT LAID OFF A NASTY FALL IN THE DRIVEWAY TOOK HIS ABILITY TO WORK AWAY HE NEEDED SOMETHING REAL STRONG BUT HIS DOCTOR UNDER PRESSURE FROM PURDUE DID WHAT HE'D GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO DO AND SCRIBBLED DOWN HIS NAME SO JIM BEGAN POPPING LITTLE WHITE PILLS WHATEVER HELPED HIM OUT TO FIGHT HIS ILLS AND EASE AWAY THE PAIN BUT WAY ACROSS TOWN FIND THE PHARMA BROS AT THE HOTEL BAR ENJOYING BOTTLES OF FANCY WINE THEY GET TO LEAVE ALL THEIR WORK BEHIND AND GO OUT DRINKING AS THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS GROW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT EVERYTHING MUST BE ALRIGHT KEEP ALL SUFFERING OUT OF MIND AND OUT OF SIGHT POOR JIM ALL HIS DAYS ARE BECOMING A BLUR ON MEDICATION FOR WHICH HE'S NOT INSURED DRAGGING HIM DEEPER IN DEBT MEANWHILE THE BANK THREATENED TO FORECLOSE ON HIS HOME HE'D NEVER FELT QUITE AS ALONE OR AS FILLED WITH REGRET BUT HIS PHARMACIST KEEPS PEDDLING HIM MORE WHATEVER GOT THAT SUPPLY OUT THE DOOR THOUGH IT MAY BE A SIN AND POOR JIM SEMI-CONSCIOUS, WATCHED HIS LIFE SLIP AWAY EVENTUALLY LIVED THE END OF HIS DAYS AND THAT'S THE END OF POOR JIM BUT AT THE HYATT SEE THE C.E.O.S SITTING AT THE BAR ENJOYING BOTTLES OF FANCY WINE THEY GET TO LEAVE ALL THAT MESS BEHIND AFTER JACKING PRICES WATCH THEIR OFFSHORE FUNDS GROW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT EVERYTHING MUST BE ALRIGHT KEEP ALL SUFFERING OUT OF MIND AND OUT OF SIGHT
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(fb) 01:02
REDPILL YOUR FAMILY REDPILL YOUR FRIENDS WATCH SOME STUPID WEBSITE BRING THE WORLD TO AN END A LIZARD OBJECTIFYING WOMEN BACK IN COLLEGE INFILTRATE ELECTIONS WHILE SPREADING FASCIST RHETORIC ZUCK
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EMPIRES MAY FALL BUT THEIR GHOSTS STICK AROUND MILLENNIA OF BLOOD SPILLED UPON HOLY GROUND A NATION OF SOCIOPATHIC SYCOPHANTS WHO'LL LEAVE YOU FOR DEAD GIVEN HALF A CHANCE INDIVIDUALS LACKING IDENTITY APART FROM PRESUMED INHERENT SUPERIORITY THEY LACE UP THEIR BOOTS STRAP ON THEIR BLINDFOLDS THEY'RE SIMPLY DOING AS THEY'RE TOLD THE CRUELTY OF AGES A CEASELESS, UNWAVERING HELL THE BANALITY OF BRUTALITY HOW HISTORY RHYMES WITH ITSELF
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DO WE HAVE THE GUILLOTINE? I HEARD WE HAD THE GUILLOTINE? I THOUGHT WE HAD THE GUILLOTINE WHEN ARE WE GONNA USE IT? WHEN ARE WE GONNA USE IT? I THOUGHT WE OUGHT TO USE IT WILL WE EVER USE IT? WILL WE EVER USE THE GUILLOTINE? DONTCHA KNOW THE BRUTAL FATES OF CZOLGOSZ AND GUITEAU? IN SPITE OF GREAT DESIRE TO OVERTHROW EXISTING POWER WELL, THEY PAID THE FINAL PRICE WHO AMONGST US DARE MAKE THAT SACRIFICE? I THINK THEY HAVE THE GUILLOTINE I SWEAR THERE WAS A GUILLOTINE A GALLOWS OR A GUILLOTINE I THINK THEY'RE GONNA USE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WANNA USE IT I BET THEY WOULD HAVE USED IT AND SOON THEY WILL ABUSE IT THE GALLOWS AND THE GUILLOTINE AH, MON FRERE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO ROBESPIERRE? THEY DRAGGED HIS HEADLESS CARCASS FROM THE STAIRS AND PUT IT ON DISPLAY DID HE HAVE SOME REGRETS AS THEY LOCKED HIS NECK INTO THE LUNETTE? DO WE HAVE THE GUILLOTINE? DO WE HAVE THE GUILLOTINE? DID WE EVER HAVE THE GUILLOTINE? AND ARE WE GONNA USE IT? WELL, ARE YOU GONNA USE IT? WILL YOU BE THE ONE TO USE IT? WHO WILL BE THE ONE TO USE IT? DID WE EVER HAVE THE GUILLOTINE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE GUILLOTINE

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released June 23, 2021

written*, performed, engineered, and designed by a.l.s. at home, 2020-2021

*tack 9 written by phil ochs

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