"Why We Build The Wall" lyrics and fallacies.
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Original Question
Here are the core lyrics to the song, "Why We Build The Wall." The song is in reference to Trumps wall. I am wondering what kind of logical fallacies might be in these core lyrics?
"Why do we build the wall?
We build the wall to keep us free, that's why we build the wall.
How does the wall keep us free?
The wall keeps out the enemy.
Who do we call the enemy?
The enemy is poverty, and the wall keeps out the enemy.
Because we have and they have not, Because they want what we have got
Because we have and they have not.
What do we have that they should want?
We have a wall to work upon, We have work and they have none, And our work is never done
And the war is never won."
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I just learned the song is about Hades and his walled-off underworld is a company town, where employees engage in mindless, soul-corroding labor in exchange for economic security.
I'm making one small correction here, the song is not in reference to Trump, Its from 2006.
Answers
1Equivocation and/or Ambiguity regarding "enemy" and "they." In one sense the enemy is said to be poverty, In another, the enemy is "they," implying persons.
Unsupported Claim: How do "they' represent "poverty?"
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This part of the song is telling:
"What do we have that they should want?
We have a wall to work upon
We have work and they have none
And our work is never done
My children, my children!
And the war is never won!
The enemy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall"
Its almost like a circular loop/ fractal that shows how we enslave ourselves by trying to keep poverty at bay in the name of freedom. In the name of freedom we become slaves unknowingly?