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Free, except for speech. It's sad how an aging rocker who used to celebrate nonconformity and questioning authority now becomes a finger waving old man telling everyone that there's only one truth.



He is free to voice his displeasure at sharing a platform with an ill-informed blowhard spouting dangerous bullshit out of every orifice. Spotify has no obligation to platform Rogan, but they choose to tie their flag to his mast, and I for one am happy I switched to a different platform.


Neil was never one who questioned all authority. From "The Needle and the Damage Done":

> I sing the song because I love the man

> I know that some of you don't understand

> Milk blood to keep from running out

> I've seen the needle and the damage done

> A little part of it in everyone

> But every junkie's like a settin' sun

e.g., he "loves the man" for keeping heroin illegal, because he's seen how it ruins lives firsthand.


The great thing about art is that everybody is free to interpret it in their own way


I think people should recognize the distinction of an artist from their work and know their boundaries. If I said I enjoyed Alec Baldwin's "work" in his numerous film roles, I don't necessarily want to know what they are like in real life. In today's day and age that aspect is simply unavoidable.


There’s a difference between nonconformity and questioning authority and packaging those things for sale. Rebellion as a Service now sells you that feeling of fighting the man packaged up in easy to consume pieces.

Joe Rogan is an entertainer, not a rebel.


Isn't Neil Young an entertainer, too? Doesn't he also sell his products?

"There’s a difference between nonconformity and questioning authority and packaging those things for sale"

Yes. The things you're comparing have nothing to do with each other

Like explicit music lyrics, if you find it offensive, then don't listen, change the channel, etc.


Isn't a rebel somebody who takes controversial or unpopular stands?


Well, no.

Plus he’s doing it for the money.


What is a rebel then?




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