I was thinking about Woody Guthrie’s song “Mr. Charlie Lindbergh” and how it could be written today about Elon Musk. www.alegendinthefieldofentertainment.com/2025/02/15/m... - ThreadSky

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bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social • 25 days ago

I was thinking about Woody Guthrie’s song “Mr. Charlie Lindbergh” and how it could be written today about Elon Musk.

https://www.alegendinthefieldofentertainment.com/2025/02/15/mr-elon-musk/

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bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social•25 days ago

Woody took the tune from Charlie Poole’s song about the slow post-shooting death of President William Mckinley, “White House Blues.” Mckinley was pretty fond of tariffs like the current president, who is trying to name Mt. Denali after him.

bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social•25 days ago

Charles Lindbergh was a daring pilot who was greatly admired by the public. Elon Musk held a similar position for a while, as a "brilliant, hard-working rich man" directing his wealth towards solving (what he saw as) humanity’s greatest problems.

bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social•25 days ago

Charles Lindbergh showed sympathy for Nazi Germany as Hitler gained power in the 1930s. He joined an organization called, what do you know, America First, which is one of the main #MAGA slogans today, and which Woody Guthrie refers to in his song.

bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social•25 days ago

Now, Elon Musk, this once widely-admired guy, has also expressed his sympathies with racism and fascism, though he has also illegitimately assumed unchecked power over the government of the USA. Quite a ways more extreme than Lindbergh.

bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social•25 days ago

So, these are historical reasons for writing this song. I don’t mean to direct my hatred towards one person or one group, though. If Elon Musk or Donald Trump were to magically disappear, well, I wouldn’t feel too sorry, but ...

bigkittyteaberry.bsky.social•25 days ago

that wouldn't change the fact that there would still be plenty of rich boys exploiting the world and thinking they had a right to. It’s the systems that allow that to happen that need changing. Groups of people are not to blame.

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