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b_b  ·  3901 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Twenty-Eighth Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Interesting that you quote Lennon here in support of your argument while simultaneously pointing out the flaw in Imagine. Namely, that country and religion aren't the problem; human nature is.





thenewgreen  ·  3901 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I also chose to omit the "Yoko and me" bit. I think the song Imagine is entirely about human nature and not just institutions. Those institutions exist for a reason, there is a desire in most of us to have them. That said, this is why that lyric is so freeing. Because of consciousness and free will, we needn't be slaves to our superficial desires. We will always need people in our lives, hence the "Yoko and me", but we don't need institutions. Country and religion exist as a result of human nature.