History

Lyrics

The misery of being exploited Is nothing compared to the misery Of not being exploited at all — from day to day

The history of not being exploited Is nothing compared to the history Of being exploited day to day Economically

The misery of consumers is nothing Compared to the misery Of non-consumers But, consumer activity Derived from property Is subsidiary:

Ideology, ostentation And irony In lieu of control

The first kind of misery Is a history of the second

The point of production A problem at home With a hopeful history Is a valuation of a strategy Specific activity is An index for accepting Or rejecting strategy

Going on Mediates historical projects Going on is class history

Society is classes

History is made

Strategic supercession of Problems at home Is a valuation Of the point of production

Class strategy Is the critical nexus For specific activity

Class strategy Must direct going on Don’t work outside Class terms

Society is classes

Make history

Chronology

• Corrected Slogans
  • ? (man) - vocals
  • Mayo Thompson - piano, organ, additional vocals
  • Jesse Chamberlain - drums

Interpretations

"The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all" is a quote from Joan Robinson's Economic Philosophy (1962)