402 sats \ 2 replies \ @mallardshead OP 9 Feb \ parent \ on: The Design Pattern 🦅 bitcoin
I should've chosen a different analogy other than assassination which popped into my head lol. I'm saying the structure of government itself doesn't change, but you guys are correct, a bunch of other stuff does, including decisions within that government (it's made of representatives after all, we don't have a direct democracy). I wonder in your case, had you been assassinated in 1977 instead of dying peacefully in Graceland, if your music would've taken on a more "serious" quality than it has. Would In the Ghetto be played at protests, used in social awareness films?
I wonder in your case, had you been assassinated in 1977 instead of dying peacefully in Graceland, if your music would've taken on a more "serious" quality than it has. Would In the Ghetto be played at protests, used in social awareness films?
It's a good question, how people are redeemed by how they ended, and their ends become part of the meaning of their lives. I do wonder what the Vegas era has done for my legacy; the gut reaction is that it's turned me farcical, but I think, upon reflection, it probably added nuance and timbre to it. A tragedy more than a farce. Assassination presumably would have moved it elsewhere.
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Ha, when I clicked on it thought I was going to see Bastiat the Austrian economist for some reason. Forgot about Basquiat's skull. Good points.
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