There is some interesting (IMO) irony in this discussion.
Freepers, generally speaking, would like to see children use their imaginations more, and decrease the anti-imaginative activities (TV, video/computer games, etc.) they are involved in.
What kind of world do we think a child would tend to imagine...a capitalist society or one that is more utopian? Would they tend to imagine "World Peace" or "World War"?
I'm thinking they imagine something more resembling utopia than something resembling the real world. My opinion only.
Is it not possible (and probably more correct) to view Lennon's Imagine as the child-like musings of a utopian?
Just a thought.
As an aside, (and sure to get me in trouble), I refuse to vet the musicians I listen to for political appropriateness.
I refuse to vet the musicians I listen to for political appropriateness. I agree. I enjoy lots of songs by John Lennon. I don't care what his politics are. Except when his politics creep into his song, and then I gag.
That's simply a distinction I offer you, for what it's worth.
And, when my 5 year old muses about utopia, he includes no method in his utopian dream (no religion, no countries, no property?) And that is what makes it cute. And I ask for nothing more out of him.
When he is 35, if he still has that dream, I'd be tempted to ask him how he thinks we ought to get there.
Another important distinction, I think.