Journal Jeremiah Cornelius's Journal: Not That He Matters 1
...But Donald Trump is heralded into his public appearances, accompanied by the introductory strains of "(For the Love) of Money", by the O'Jays.
This is indicative of that class of simple person, who regard themselves as "Conservative" or "Liberal", without actual reason, thought or introspection.
They respond, instead, to little totems, which appear to encapsulate broader concepts - but only simple, conditioned, impulse responses are evidenced - not any product of actual conceptual awareness.
In the Trump case, his handlers, and audience are simply responding viscerally to the mention of their most sacred totem: "Money, money, money, money... MONEY!"
The song is actually a profoundly anti-money song, with a bass in the Gospels of Jesus and the tradition of black radical politics. This is something that the Trump crowd probably can't actually even comprehend. It would require both an engaged intellect, and an attention span for more than 45 seconds.
Also, despite having this little sound bite thrown up in front of Trump stories on BBC WS and NPR, at least twice a year, I have never heard a critical commentator address this imbecility.
"People don't care who they hurt or beat..."
People never pay attention to songs (Score:2)
I remember religious wackos up in arms about Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution", looking at the title only, they just assumed Ozzy was telling their pweshusses to kill themselves. The song is actually a pretty strong anti-drinking message, and many of these people who condemned it would probably agree with the message the song was actually pushing. Actually engaging one's brain is far too much work for most people, however.