• maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    To me, Europa was mostly chastising the EU that despite its power, it was unable to be decisive and save refugees and migrants who died, and the situation is killing the EU through the rise of fascism.

    I mean:

    And came from the outside
    They come in droves
    But you had no mercy
    Dead bodies were floating on the sea

    I think this is leftist criticism of the EU, if anything.

    Listen to their new album, Richter und Henker, it will clear it up.

    The titular song “Richter und Henker” is against populist-fascist movements, “Nur ein Mensch” is anti-nationalist, “Ein Kleines bisschen Glück” is anti-capitalist.

    They are leftists through and through. Individually you could try and get them wrong, but together it’s clear as day to me.

    I mean lyrics like:

    People follow the charlatan
    Declare others lower than themselves
    Eat from the hand
    And call that resistance

    or

    We face each other
    In the name of the nation
    Brothers kill brothers
    War is perversion

    Blood doesn’t follow a flag
    Blood has only one colour
    You are exactly like me…
    Just like me

    or even

    Wrath is just fear dressed in black
    It is the curse of our times

    and

    We humans out here, how did we want to be?
    Who makes our dreams, who plants them in us?
    Who lives our life while we merely lead it?
    Entangled in the duties that bind us tight

    People must function in the depths of debt
    Because what was hard fought for, they don’t want to lose again
    Because sweat, blood and tears, they were otherwise for nothing
    But what we own also owns us

    People look for a little bit of happiness
    But that consumes them piece by piece
    Because what you give never comes back
    And that slowly sucks us dry

    Edits: formatting and another verse