Just listened carefully to "Revolution" the other day as the spousal unit said the words could be a critique of the woke generation. She's sort of right (I hate to admit it tho).
It applied to the hypocrisy of the Left even then.
They’re the same now; they chatter about human rights and equality blah blah but in the end they’re just deranged control freaks who will use violence and terror to get their way, so in what way are they different from the people they supposedly oppose?
McCartney always said they were just musicians, didn’t understand the fuss. Being on the side of peace didn’t mean they agreed with Chairman Mao as John pointed out...