Mainstream renditions usually leave out the verses about private property and public assistance

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[–] 101 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I remember in high school my band teacher (who was/is perhaps the biggest Trump supporter in the tristate area) played a YouTube video of this song during our Veterans Day program. That was the first time I heard the whole song, and the irony was not lost on me.

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  • [–] 69 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Guthrie would have opinions. Too bad you couldn't also show other songs of his, like Farmer-Labor Train and All You Fascists

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So when he heard “this land was made for you and me,” he didn’t hear that it belongs to everybody. He heard: this is OUR country.

    Damn that changes everything. I never even imagined the song that way.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    This just made me feel old. First reading that someone here was in high school so recently when the whole Trump deal was a thing, then realising that can mean it was 10 years ago...

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