sleepy jack

I was quoting the song because I felt it was interesting you said it was wrong about third world situations, yet you've stated that the reason for children in third world countries is essentially economic security...as illustrated by the line "they represent a profit, not a life."

Anyway I think you're misreading the song. It's clearly more about Western civilizations, then the third world. Right after the 6 million, when the song begins to narrow in scope, they talk about Jesus, textbooks, television, consumerism, and date rape culture. These things are characteristics of developed nations, of the United States, not the third world.

What they're essentially offering is a Marxist critique of capitalism and it's effect on society. Corporations do view us simply as consumers, to purchase their products and keep the wheel of the free market moving. We are no better than barcoded boxes to them. That's all it's saying, and we're raising to exist in this economic paradigm. Most parents teach this kid that this is just how the world works (and it is.) All they're saying is generation after generation has been part of this machine. It's not a critique of the third world at all, in fact it's barely even about overpopulation (there's absolutely no mention of resources or how many Homo sapiens the Earth can support.)

All the thing is saying is economics is ubiquitous, but not only that it's destroying our souls.

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