Baraka_Guru

Of course it's pop fluff. It was with some irony that I compared and contrasted "Imagine" with the "Communist Manifesto."

I should also post this little bit:

This is from "Revolution," which roachboy aptly mentioned earlier. It was essentially written by Lennon, and I would say these lines in particular demonstrate his criticism of Communism. The song is basically anti-revolution, and he uses Mao's Cultural Revolution (1965) in China as an example. Or maybe it was just easier to rhyme with "Mao" than "Lenin."

Communism is essentially a revolutionary ideology. Lennon railed against this sort of thing. Give peace a chance, and all that.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot