The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "I Don't Believe in Anything" from When God Was Great (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)
Skammentary: Our institutions—the church, the government, the academy, journalism—have been corrupted & have been crumbling since before I was born; faith in those institutions has been collapsing, starting long before the pandemic, & that collapse is accelerating.
"As we calmly start to panic,This news ought to be distressing to one & all: Anarchy is not a viable option, human flourishing requires robust & reliable institutions. I'm not convinced our current institutions can be salvaged & reformed, but despair is a sin & thus I am convinced that nihilism is not a viable option. What do we do? Kipling has wisdom from which we can learn much (from "If—").
All the mayhem makes me manic.
"So don't tell me that there's a downside,
Can't you see it's going worldwide?
I don't believe in anything,
Mabye I don't believe in, I don't believe in,
Don't tell me what your rules are,
Usually that won't get you too far,
And you know you can too can't believe it,
What I believe is I don't believe in anything…
"We are slowly going faster,
Headlong into a disaster…"
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gace your life to, broken,
And stoop & build 'em up with worn-out tools…
"Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!"
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