Sun worship at least makes sense given how the Sun is the source of life not to mention how it represents enlightment across different spiritual traditions and history
slow violence is the point. not only does it cultivate apathy & fatigue, but it allows time for other lethal elements to intervene. they know they can't kill everyone, so they maim, freeze, starve, allow disease to fester, & psychologically torture the victims of genocide.
Creating this narrative, is another example of propaganda. It creates a docile population. How? Well, if they can convince you that during the most brutal of times people didn’t rebel, and your life seems better in comparison, what do you have to complain about? Catch it.
You might think people only need to heal from bad relationships. but the truth is people are healing from hateful parents, betrayal from friends, sibling feuds, academic problems, stressed in their works. always remind that not everything is about romantic relationships.
His entire legacy is built on the 5yrs he was active in music, film & politics. Whatever we know about him to this day is what he did from 1991 to 1996. That’s the impressive part & why his critics think he had MPD or was Schizo. He was everywhere as a rapper, actor or activist.
Raphael Saadiq is absolutely correct. A lot of the most influential songs in music never topped the charts, yet they shaped the sound of music. He knows that better than anyone, from Tony! Toni! Toné! to his work behind the scenes, his music has lasted because it’s felt, not because it was chasing a number on a chart.