Results for “authoritarianism”

Songs

Todd Rundgren

A blunt satirical broadside against Donald Trump's rise to the presidency, built as a mock-triumphant chorus song that skewers…

political satire authoritarianism media spectacle and disinformation

The Flaming Lips

A funky, riff-driven anthem that dresses up a political fantasy of taking down authoritarian power in the language of magic…

power vs. greed collective resistance fantasy as political metaphor

The Clash

A cartoonish fable about a ruler banning music and a population that defies him anyway, set to a bouncy synth-and-rock groove…

authoritarianism vs. popular culture religious/political censorship satire of Western intervention