They are at least somewhat based. ‘Prison Song’ talks about the prison industrial complex and imperialism. There are also some other songs like toxicity or protect the land that sound anti-capitalism. I also just like there music in general. Their album Hypnotize is one of my favorites overall. Unfortunately, the song of the same name seems to talk about the Tiananmen protesters in a positive light and also talks about propaganda. My inference is that they see China as an “authoritarian” (capitalist?) country. They also talk a lot about freedom or liberty which is kind of cringe. So, what do you think?
the lead vocalist apparently supported Bernie “Maduro is a vicious tyrant” Sanders in the 2016 election (but he also wanted to negotiate with Assad, so who knows), whereas the drummer was/is a rabid Trump supporter
based on my extensive 5-minute research, they don’t seem to be a very radical bunch
Honestly, I don’t really hold supporting Bernie against Americans, in my experience they’re usually the easiest to move further left.
depends on if you knew that he was pro-imperialism when you supported him
This. A lot of Americans who became communists in the last 7-8 years started out supporting Bernie but became disillusioned when he capitulated to the Democratic party. Now that he has jumped on the empire bandwagon along with all the other “progressive” frauds it is clear to see that he was never as radical as many of his supporters thought he was in 2016. If you dig just a little into his history you see that he was always an empire collaborationist, starting with his support of the US destruction of Yugoslavia.