There’s a reason “Rich Men North of Richmond” caught fire: it perfectly captures the mood of tens of millions of frustrated, angry Americans. From T.L. Davis at tldavissubstack.com:
Like most of the country by now, I’ve heard the viral song Rich Men North of Richmond and I’ve been trying to understand the phenomenon of it; it is nothing else.
I’ve watched the reaction videos from people of all walks of life, all races, all religions and they get the same emotion and feel their story being told as much or more than any alt-right person might, so the Rolling Stone’s blustering criticism of it is simply an awkward attempt to divide and drive people of all backgrounds away from the song, the artist, because it has the power to unite under it’s message.
Rolling Stone, like so many other corrupted media outlets can’t be honest about music anymore; it has to work with the cabal, the cartel, to drive a wedge between Americans who are flocking to this simple song about the angst of living, as the song says: “In the New World…with an old soul.”
Joseph Hudak, author of the Rolling Stone piece, while honest about the song and the lyrics, asserted, as aggressively as he could, that this is just a Right-Wing thing. One would expect much more out of a usually insightful rag like Rolling Stone. Perhaps viewing a few of the reaction videos might have helped him form an unbiased opinion and deliver a more thoughtful appraisal. But for someone who produced Lies of Omission about the corrupt and co-opted media, I didn’t expect it.
