Posted on 05/29/2016 4:14:17 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The latest hot topic for Chinese rappers is a bearded 19th-century German philosopher who wrote a book called The Communist Manifesto.
Chinese state media are promoting a new rap song praising Karl Marx, in the latest attempt to leverage popular culture in support of the ruling Communist Party.
Entitled Marx is a post-90 Chinas version of a millennial the song extols the communist godfathers supposed coolness with lyrics such as, Life is full of little accidents, then one day I discovered how awesome he was.
I saw my faith, dont even ask why, it continues. You are my Venus, my dear Marx.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...
Boy, I hope this doesn’t come to a hood or music channel near me.
Not surprising that the fascist ghouls of China would celebrate one of Planet Earth’s most deluded, angry, and misguided kleptocrats.
How quaint. Economics from the 1840s. It has never worked and it never will.
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