Oliver Anthony's Hit Song Gives Voice to a Disaffected America

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Oliver Anthony's Hit Song Gives Voice to a Disaffected America
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Oliver Anthony has no reason to care what bow-tied pundits north of Richmond think of his song.

earlier this month. The"we" in question is the"elite class" to which Brooks rather presumptuously claims to belong. This moment of apparent self-awareness evaporated within a week, as Brooks inflicted on his," which he defines as"getting out of your own selfish point of view and developing the ability to absorb, understand and inhabit the views of others."

Criticizing, in Virginian parlance, the movers and shakers who inhabit Washington D.C. and its Northern Virginia suburbs, Anthony's song outdid even's"Try That in Small Town," an ode to rural America's patriotism and law and order values which topped the charts just last month."Rich Men North of Richmond" reached number one on iTunes and Spotify, and has been viewed nearly 30 million times on YouTube.

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