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Fascism Now!

by Joseph Arthur

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This is what they’re calling fascism now
Speaking out against the ghouls of control
That want you embedded in a slavery system
Designed to condemn you to a life of subjugation
Silence and fear
To speak out against that
Is to be called fascists
Or racist
Or homophobe

Even if you’re black
Even if you’re trans
Or any other group they get behind
And hide their gnarly agenda underneath a righteous one

Because if you have eyes to see it
To see beneath the layers of what they’re putting forward
And you have the audacity to say it out loud

They come with the litany of names to bash you back down to be right sized
Silent and bandaged in the corner

They can take a speech about the family unit

being the enemy
of the ones who want control

And they will turn it fascist because they say that it is
A speech about
Identifying as Christian
As an Italian
Or whatever country you’re from
Or whatever religion you practice

These they will demonize as well
Because these things are sources of strength and pride
These things might make you think twice before eating a bowl of insects
Or allowing some executive front man owned by big pharma
To tell you
What you can and cannot do with your life

The degree they demonize
People discussing freedom
And self empowerment
Should be like an electric alarm bell
For those who aren’t yet paying attention
That something is very very wrong.

Injections and war
And those who are motivated to create calamity and chaos
So that their mechanisms of power and control
Can take deeper root

They attack voices of independence
Reminding people of what makes them independent
Family, god country and love
And calling all those things the very opposite of what they are

Hateful
Intolerant
Fascist
Racist

Those things are none of those things
And the people behind the people calling them those things

Those things are none of those things

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released October 7, 2022
Recorded and Mixed by Joseph Arthur
Mastered by Andrew Grathwohl at Bon Aqua Computer Club, TN

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Joseph Arthur Akron, Ohio

Blending the literate and expressive lyrical style of a classic singer/songwriter with music rooted in indie rock, Joseph Arthur is a well-respected songwriter and performer whose work has impressed artists like Peter Gabriel. 1997's Big City Secrets and 2000's Come to Where I'm From impressed critics, and 2004's Our Shadows Will Remain found him digging even deeper into his confessional tales. ... more

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