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→‎Tomorrow song: Communists, for example, are notorious for grinding everything to a halt and demanding full worship of their current and prior leaders. The New Testament is the opposite: it focus
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:It's a viewpoint that could apply to absolutely anybody: conservatives, liberals, anarchists, fascists, or anyone else. Hitler could have used the song (if it had been around the time) -- "Life may stink now, but we'll get rid of all these Jews and then have a glorious future." Conservatives do look forward, but so does everyone. It does not express a value that is uniquely conservative.
 
:It's a viewpoint that could apply to absolutely anybody: conservatives, liberals, anarchists, fascists, or anyone else. Hitler could have used the song (if it had been around the time) -- "Life may stink now, but we'll get rid of all these Jews and then have a glorious future." Conservatives do look forward, but so does everyone. It does not express a value that is uniquely conservative.
 
:Also, the band ''reunited'' to perform the song live for Bill Clinton's inaugural ball. If it were truly a conservative song, the band wouldn't have performed it to celebrate a Democrat's victory. [[User:ChrisGT90|ChrisGT90]] 13:11, 27 July 2010 (EDT)
 
:Also, the band ''reunited'' to perform the song live for Bill Clinton's inaugural ball. If it were truly a conservative song, the band wouldn't have performed it to celebrate a Democrat's victory. [[User:ChrisGT90|ChrisGT90]] 13:11, 27 July 2010 (EDT)
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::I disagree that all ideologies view and emphasize the future the same way.  Communists, for example, are notorious for grinding everything to a halt and demanding full worship of their current and prior leaders.  The New Testament is the opposite: it focuses heavily on the future, an eternal one at that.
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::That said, I'm open to a more detailed study of the lyrics ... provided we can first agree that different ideologies do prioritize and emphasize the future differently.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:27, 28 July 2010 (EDT)
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