Hmmmm...I have absolutely NO IDEA how you come to the conclusion the song is about the marxist revolution and the new communist man. Are you kidding and this is a joke? Here are the lyrics. Please show me how you come up with that analysis. Thanks.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
...and this does not strike you as Communist? Hmmm.
Never mind what I said to you above; it is impossible for you to think logically.
Imagine no possessions
These are the phrases that remind us of communism. Churches and religion are discouraged, if not outright banned, in communistic countries. The STATE becomes the caretaker of the people; religion is a threat to the government.
The "no possessions" part is a no-brainer. By its definition, communism means "goods held in common," it's a "collective."
Now I don't want to offend or anything, and I don't mean this sarcastically, but are you serious when you say you don't see a connection between Lennon's song and communism???? Mind if I ask how old you are?
Marx supported the subordination of religion to the state. Socialists do not need to save or work for the future, and only 'live for today'.
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
Marxists today are against nationalism, and support a one-world government. "Nothing to kill or die for" would imply that there is nothing worth defending or preserving for the individual, as everything belogs to the state, and they are the super-nanny. Once again, encouraging 'no religion'.
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
One of the MANY major criticisms of the Socialist is that they are dreaming if they think that Socialism will work THIS TIME, and has never been given a fair chance to succeed. Once again, 'living as one' implies a one-world governemnt. Notice he never sings "no government".
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
No private property rights, destroying most of the rule of American law. 'No greed', of course bashing conservatives and capitalism. No hunger, even though that has never been accomplished, even in this most wealthy nation ever... and certainly isn't missing in Russia's bread lines. "Brotherhood of man" is another call for uniting under one ruling body for the whole planet. 'Sharing all the world' again eliminated property rights, individual rights, and sovreignty.
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Dreamer refrain. Begging for converts, as the only way it will happen in America is through the vote. "World will live as one..." One WHAT, rocker?
Is that enough analysis for you? Or do you need Mr. Lennon himself to come back from the grave and tell you your interpretation is not the intent of the song. I'm glad you like it ("Yesterday" is my all-time fave), but it was uncalled for during a show supporting AMERICAN ideals.
Yes, there it is in plain English. An atheist anthem: not clever/witty-atheist (say, in the Shaw or Bierce vein), but global-village idiot atheist. And the instruments plod along from a treacle well.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
also excerpt:
"There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, Justice, etc., that are common to all states of society. But communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience."
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Hmmmm...I have absolutely NO IDEA...
It shows.
For seekimg salvation
They don't understand
Lord help me to shoulder
The burden of freedom
And give me the courage
To be what I can
And when I am wounded
By those who condem me
Lord help me forgive them
They don't undseratand
Lord help me to shoulder, the burden of freedom
And give me the courage
To be what I can
And when I am wounded
By those who condem me
Lord help me forgive them
They don't underastand
Their lonely frustrations
Decending to laughter
Erases the footprints
I leave in the sand
But I'm free to travel
Where no one can follow
I seach of the kingdom
The don't underatnd.
Lord help me to shoulder
The burden of freedom
And give me the courage
To do what I can
And when I am wounded
By those who condem me
Lord help me forgive them
They don't underatand
K. Kristoferson
