As Antonio Gramsci argued, ruling groups maintain power partly by making their ideas seem like common sense. This helps explain the political significance of Metallica’s call for disengagement at a time when Israel’s genocide in Palestine demands urgent international attention. Hetfield’s vague agenda of “love, energy and heavy music” ultimately amounts to a refusal to stand for anything meaningful. And that refusal is itself deeply political.

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[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It is not even political to be anti genocide

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm an anarcho-communist and with the current state of the discourse around the word "political" I think I could fairly claim communism isn't political.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Communism is an economical system. The way to achieve is is what is political. Same with Palestine saying free Palestine or i do not want palestinian to be killed is humanitarian, now if you say I support a one state or a two state that's the political side

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Palestine is a political group. All nations are. All cultures are.

But if "political" just means "whatever I think should be controversial", then communism is apolitical.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Free Palestinians mean free it's people which is humanitarian not political

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 1 week ago

And I just wanna protect people from the evils of capitalism. It's humanitarian, not political.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Politics is the inevitable outcome of humans interacting with each other in groups. Once you get past the 2 person mark politics start to form, mind you it's not the grand systems one may think of but it is politics.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think politics is when a group of even two people form a system for working together. A marriage is a political organisation.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I think political agreement or pairing would be a better term. Organization at least to me implies far more people than two, unless they are polyamorous then it's 100 percent a political organization.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For sure. I don't think that the conversation has to take place in every setting though. Like I don't bring up Palestine in every conversation I have. If someone else brings it up, they get to hear my thoughts. If Metallica didn't want to be associated with the topic, don't bring it up politics at all. I don't agree with Sheeran's response at all, but I do have some level some sympathy that he was forced into the conversation, but that's it. If he were a better person, he could have garnered insane amounts of support, but he's not, so he didn't. Hell, he could have even shielded himself to some extent by just saying that he disagrees with the actions taken against Macklemore and left it at that, even if he carries shitty views. He doubled fucked up by not supporting his friend and by siding with Israel.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

In case of Ed, he said to Mac privately that free Palestine hurt genocidal people feeling. That the disgusting thing about Ed. He didn't have to say that