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?
I’ll see if I can find it. Might take me a while. I’ll have to remember where I first read the story! This was years ago.
That’s a shame. He’s a great actor and an impressive human being in general. He seems to be quite a compassionate guy, whatever his exact politics. And apparently he speaks five languages.