A song about men's issues

BootyBRGLR69 · 2025-03-17T22:56:42+00:00

I don’t think it’s intentionally about mens issues on the part of the artists as much as it is about labor issues, but I also love this song specifically for this reason. (And that’s not to say labor issues and mens issues aren’t extremely interrelated, because they are)

To me, lines like “we’re the first ones to die” and that part about who gets sent to war are as much about how the rich exploit the workers as they are about male disposability and the objectification of male bodies as both tools and weapons for the powerful.

frackingfaxer · 2025-03-18T17:13:08+00:00

IIRC someone here once described the labour movement as the original men's movement. In a way, it kind of was. There was some similar rhetoric, as this song demonstrates.

It's not bad. It's going on a playlist.

Relaxed_Helper · 2025-03-19T02:32:07+00:00

Love this

BhryaenDagger · 2025-03-19T04:33:26+00:00

It's about working class people, not just men: it certainly doesn't apply to "fat cat" guys, and there are women who "toil night and day" in "factories and mills" and all else mentioned including war... It's simply also the case that it's overwhelmingly and primarily men in the military, dying in wars and "counting the dead" men in them, and overwhelmingly and primarily men working the most dangerous and strenuous jobs while valued only for our "use". It's also why this song resonates so much more when sung by men, but as a working class guy myself it resonates moreso.

Title	A song about men's issues
Author	ElegantAd2607
Upvotes	42
Comments	5
Date	March 17, 2025 9:46 AM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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