What Did You Learn In School Today - Pete Seeger [21/24]

Live in Meblourne, AUstralia, a great song written by Tom Paxton

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[loresalu]

This was 50 years ago .... what the hell has changed??

[IrishandFolkmusic]

@resoloser Yes that would be the whole point of the song? indoctrinating American children that was is a good thing which makes heroes of men.

[DmitriSochlioukov]

a song of irony haha :D

[BAGADOOBLE]

@ganonisthebest >I just don't understand where you find the irony in Seeger singing a Libertarian song. You're implying that Libertarianism and Socialism were never linked. Robert Owen, anyone?

I don't recall implying that at all...

[ganonisthebest]

@BAGADOOBLE You've just proved my point, though.

The Libertarian Left was the stuff of the French commune; Tom Paine; the 'New Liberals' of Asquith and Lloyd George in early 1900s Britain.

I just don't understand where you find the irony in Seeger singing a Libertarian song. You're implying that Libertarianism and Socialism were never linked. Robert Owen, anyone?

[jimmiow]

@BAGADOOBLE The terms appeared during the 1789 french revolution. Revolutionists on the left, kings men on the right.

[BAGADOOBLE]

@ganonisthebest Yeah, I'm aware of all that, although I'd contend the second point.

The very term "leftist" was originally used to describe classical Liberals, which were basically proto-Libertarians, as the result of geographical circumstance.

Socialism or leftism usurped the "leftist" and "Socialist" lableS later on down the track, which was a much more general term before which many Libertarians, including proto-Anarcho-Capitalists used as well..

[clarkbball34]

if u look at the form of the song and the melody it is similar enough to dylan's "hard rain" that it really makes me wonder if dylan heard this song before he wrote it

[ganonisthebest]

@BAGADOOBLE The song is a Leftist song written by Tom Paxton, a true folk leftist.

The Libertarian Left is much older than the Libertarian Right.

[BAGADOOBLE]

A Red singing a rather Libertarian sounding song. That's irony for ya.

[theflylice]

@loresalu people are a whole lot dumber and more gullible than ever?

[ORLYWTF]

@loresalu The people today would not find the humor in what he is singing like the audience did in the video. That's what I think the biggest change is.