Dikkii 🔱Feb 3, 2023
David vs Goliath is massively misunderstood. Folks think it's a tale of the little guy winning over the big guy. But really, it's a tale of technological superiority. Essentially, it's a dozen British soldiers mowing down thousands of Zulus with a Gatling gun and claiming moral victory.
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023

@dikkii Not sure why, but you've reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8vgDfC8d4

Also applies to the US of A more broadly. Not their tuniest of tunes, but worth a listen to the end.

#negativland #TheGunAndTheBible

Negativland - The Gun & The Bible (1993)

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Show threadDikkii 🔱
@ghost_shit goodness, Negativland is a blast from the past. Not sure I've ever heard that one.
Feb 3, 2023 at 9:02amWeb
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023
@dikkii It was from the only album of theirs I bought. I think it was called "FREE!", and the gag was that the CD itself had no markings, but for a cheap-arse sticker with "FREE!" in a bang shape, like you might see at JB or the equivalent. (Does this even make sense, or am I going to have to dig up the CD?) Really solid, extremely depressing non-music.
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023
@dikkii
Show threadDikkii 🔱Feb 3, 2023
@ghost_shit my memory doesn't quite remember it, but it sounds a bit like System Of A Down's "Steal This Album" which was just a CD in a clear case with nothing other than "System Of A Down Steal This Album" in texta-like handwriting on the CD.
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023
@dikkii ...and did you?
Show threadDikkii 🔱Feb 3, 2023
@ghost_shit no I paid money for it. 😫
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023
@dikkii Just like I paid money for a free album... We were just young suckers.
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023

@dikkii Why I even found #Negativland at #Sanity #Greensborough is still a mystery to me. Like that time I found a signed copy of Andy Prieboy's "...upon my wicked son" there.

But I digress...

Show threadDikkii 🔱Feb 3, 2023
@ghost_shit nice finds!
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023

@dikkii Thanks!

Back to your original thesis: I'm no bible scholar (I've never opened one), but I like your take. Much like Negativland's sample "The gun and the Bible carved America out of the wilderness", it places those with superior weapons closer to gOd, while demonising those without.

Show threadDikkii 🔱Feb 3, 2023
@ghost_shit very much so. Also, it makes the same mistake that those folks who laud "western civilization" make: Complete ignorance of the chauvinism of their position.
Show threadghost_shitFeb 3, 2023
@dikkii "Oh Maude... It's *always* been like this, silly-head!"
Show threadDikkii 🔱Feb 3, 2023
@ghost_shit absolutely.