Dropkick Murphys ~ Workers Song

Workers Song by the Dropkick Murphys
from the album Blackout.

Happy Labor Day!

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[crazyunkle]

15 seconds into this song..... if you're not ready to guzzle a Guinness & smash it across the face of a Wall Street banker screaming "OOOYY!!" you may wanna check your pulse.

[brandon white]

workers of the world unite

[damsig11]

Nice

This comment section is filled with conversation

[dildohead81]

this song just straight up kicks ass

[KECON34]

stop being freaking emo these are warrior songs not open for punk ass debate.

honest ballads and battle hyms are forged from love loyalty and pure hatred.

Either we sing or we rage. so for fucs sake hoist a pint punch a wall and yell the lyrics loud and all your pettty bullshite will gain perspective..

[TheAnthery]

Baseless in developed countries that are actually capable of using Capitalism properly.

A classless system of government and society has proven time and again to be impossible, as humans are flawed creatures, and corruption will find it's way into every medium.

Of Capitalism hasn't always been with us, but until the current world economic system changes drastically, it is the most effective option.

[Abiezer Coppe]

Sorry, I'm not following you?

How is that last comment "written by a spoiled brat"?

[Abiezer Coppe]

Baseless in what way?

Look at the position of workers round the world and you'll see it's not in any way baseless.

Yes, capitalism works, it works at creating a society split into classes, the top leeching from the toil of the workers. It works by making some rich and driving others into poverty whilst appealing to magical "market forces".

Capitalism hasn't always been with us (humanity that is) and it will pass, sooner rather than later I hope.

[Abiezer Coppe]

It does raise the question of what you think the song is actually about?

Also what you think the position of most musicians actually is (no, not the ones in the "hit parade" etc)?

Not every member of the working classes is some heroicly posed "horny-handed son of toil".

Yeah, I know that pejorative and you may not be saying that precisely, but that seems to be the position of many commenting here with some bizarre mix of that and the so-called "American dream".

[dragonfitter]

just because they have a union dose not make them a worker in the context of this song. accountants have a union they are not " workers " being a judge is a job but they are not " workers ". same as a musician its a very honerable proffesion and job but not really a workers job is it ?

[TheAnthery]

Trust me, I believe that the whole hyper-capitalist mentality of the worker being treated like shit is wrong through and through, (hell I don't even like Wal-Mart) but this is no longer the industrial revolution, so the first part of your retort is near baseless.

Unions need to change, because they are extremely inefficient in their current state, and the American economy is suffering for it.

I'll be poinient; I believe in capitalism because it has proven through history that it works.

[TheAnthery]

Ehh, I like a good debate every once in a while, so why not?