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This song is about how science serves those who pay for it. It is a criticism of the idea that science is “rational” or not political. Boots argues that scientific research is made for the benefit of the class that controls it, and as such it won’t work for the benefit of the people until the working class becomes the ruling class.

In the US, healthcare is profit-driven and a major source of profit for the Capitalist class. In a country where 1 in 4 adults are on anti-depressant or other psychiatric medication, Boots points out that the science has pointed in the direction of controlling the people through drugs to prevent them from rioting and to make them satisfied with what they have:

“Take my wallet, make the people robotic, Catatonic, or harmonic with what they’ve been allotted”

The anti-revolutionary function of drugs (medical and recreational) is a theme that Boots frequently visits, for example the song Last Blunt.

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Electric Piano
Trumpet
Trombone
Prophet 5
Saxophone
Flugelhorn
Clarinet
Recorded At
Chub Studios (Oakland, CA)
Release Date
October 30, 2012
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