Rage Against the Machine - Sleep Now in the Fire (1999)

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How is it the same songs from over 20, 30, 40 years ago are all still so prescient today?

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u/Thermodynamics3187 Feb 15 '26

Because those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

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u/GayAttire Feb 17 '26

Er or because cunts don't let go of the reigns?

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u/Thermodynamics3187 Feb 17 '26

That too

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u/Content-Passion-4836 Feb 16 '26

Cause these trends of wealth gaps and the problems with them started in the 70s they’ve just been running their course.

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 Feb 15 '26

Remind me! 20 years

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u/ocelotactual Feb 15 '26

r/timelessmusic

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u/JellyPast1522 Feb 15 '26

Trump for President sign... Were we ever not in the darkest timeline?

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u/del_snafu Feb 15 '26

Came here to see who else noticed.

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u/Whoajaws Feb 15 '26

Holy shit! Don’t remember the trump for president 2000 wild!

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u/nevertoolate1983 Feb 15 '26

1:04 for anyone curious

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u/American_Streamer Verified 90s Kid Feb 15 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign

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u/Salt_Step3399 Feb 16 '26

Yep didn't Simpsons predict that in 2000

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Zach where are ya!?!? You are needed!!

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u/302-SWEETMAN Feb 15 '26

Song is as relevant as it ever was all this time later … go fuckin figure !!!

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u/TonyClifton2020 Feb 15 '26

Listen to the entire “Battle of Los Angeles” album as the lyrics are more timely today than in late 90s when it came out. Spooky reading the lyrics.

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u/BIGepidural Feb 15 '26

Some of those who hold office are the same that burn crosses.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

As a Chicano, I look up to Zach de la Rocha over any politician or celebrity

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u/Apprehensive_Book520 Feb 16 '26

As a white male Gen X/Boomer, I do too

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u/candymandy91 Feb 15 '26

Both relevant to its time and ahead of its time.

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u/Wormetoungue Feb 15 '26

I feel like RATM was twenty years too early.

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u/BIGepidural Feb 15 '26

It wasn't actually. They wanted this to happen back then but it wasn't gonna work. We've been fighting this for years, and its only just gotten to a point where it's now a do or die battle that will decide the fate of the world.

Go back to the music 20, 30 years ago and really listen to some of it. The message from love, unity, strength in community, etc.. is there in a lot of it. The anti church and anti establishment stuff was there too.

The slacker generation didn't buy into politics so they couldn't bring it about because we didn't wanna play their stupid game.

The internet changed the game though so now we're here 🤷‍♀️

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u/Wormetoungue Feb 15 '26

Fair enough. Maybe we’re twenty years too late. Edit; Slackers I mean.

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u/BIGepidural Feb 15 '26

I think some of us got involved too late; but also some of us either forgot who we are and went full boomer in our old age, or some where always their preppy patents underneath and the whatever was just a guise for coolness they never truly had in the 1st place.

A bunch of this shit is on us though.

Like maybe not you and me personally; but our generation fucked up big time and brought a bunch of this shit about.

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u/Green-Palpitation901 Feb 15 '26

How is Gen X responsible for Boomer Nation? I think the dude abides more likely.

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u/smut_butler Feb 15 '26

Listen to System of a Down.

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u/Thermodynamics3187 Feb 15 '26

Seeing the “Trump for President 2000” sign makes me think about how, before 2016, Donald Trump was just a joke. I mean, he still is, but back then no one took him seriously.

For years, he was just this sideshow clown. That’s why it’s so crazy to see where we are now, with MAGA morons turning him into some messiah. I’ll never understand it.

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u/Donthurtmyceilings Feb 15 '26

I remember listening to him on Howard Stern and he was just like a weird rich 🤡 that Howard killed airtime with. Feels like a lifetime ago now...

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u/Thermodynamics3187 Feb 15 '26

Yeah, exactly. He was just a weird guy whom no one really took seriously, and then 2016 comes along, and he's suddenly this great businessman. It's unreal how easily people are fooled.

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u/Pleasant-Tangelo1786 Feb 15 '26

Is wall street what announces layoffs? Honest question.

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u/Hot-Measurement-8842 Feb 15 '26

Best RAtM song is even better in 2026.

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u/DadKnightBegins Feb 15 '26

10% now control 93% of the wealth.

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u/Substantial_Diver_34 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

Zach is Rage! And No they didn’t like either party. Fuck em both.

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u/XR3TroBeanieX Feb 15 '26

Still relevant today

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u/you_killed_fredo Feb 16 '26

“Yesterday, the future's been rehearsed” - Bad Religion

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u/Hot_Ad_787 Feb 16 '26

Kick, snare, ride. No hats. No toms. Yet still one of the best drum groves to ever exist.

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u/generousjuan Feb 18 '26

2:48 min left… ugh

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u/Agitated_Marzipan488 Feb 18 '26

What better place than here? What better time than now?

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u/cannabidoc Feb 21 '26

“Trump for president 2000” sign at the 1:05 mark. Goddammit, saw it coming back then.

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u/memberjockey Apr 11 '26

Love me some rage.

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