07 ANTILLECTUAL - The Players & The Game feat. Nathan Gray

REDFIELD 122: ANTILLECTUAL – ENGAGE! YouTube playlist http://bit.ly/EngageYouTube BUY: CD, Vinyl http://www.antillectual.com // iTunes http://geni.us/EngageiTunes // Amazon http://geni.us/EngageAmazonDigital +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TRACKLIST 01 Priest Without A Religion 02 Europe, This Is Your Final Countdown 03 I Wrote This Song 04 Racist Rash 05 Change The Standard 06 From Hipster Kids To Hardliners 07 The Players & The Game 08 Follow That Bike! 09 Appetite For Construction 10 One Size Fits All 11 Obsessive Cosmetic Disorder 12 All In The Mix +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LYRICS Foolishly I thought that our work was done Sadly our cognitive dissonance has won Interns are running these obese economies Calculating idiots are procreating policies Smoke filled rooms, the status quo resumes Players stay the same, let's change the game White collar criminals are walking the line Citizens suffering their victimless crime Players stay the same, boys will be boys We can do without the rules of corporate culture We can do without the push of invisible hands We can boo, kick out the fools, the scorpions and vultures We can chew, spit out, use tools like invisible fists Start anew without the fumes in smoke filled rooms Smoke filled rooms, the status quo is doomed Players stay the same, so let's quit the game “I​t is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity but to their self­love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages” Adam Smith “D​on't hate the player, hate the game”​Ice T The financial world is back in pre­crisis shape, going from black to green and red to green. But were any lessons learned from the crisis? The biggest problem remains the mix­up of tasks and responsibilities. In this capitalist economy a company needs (huge?) profits to survive. Sure, if a reputation of Corporate Social Responsibility improves sales it might become of some concern, but never priority #1. A government’s main task is to take care of its people, those in need of help in the first place. However: we expect companies to take responsibility for their actions and impact on humans, animals and the environment. And we demand our governments to be efficient and cost effective. That doesn't make sense. Capitalism is morally ambivalent, the house always wins. Yet, a government should put people over profit, protecting citizens from getting sold out to corporate interests, notwithstanding costs. Politics are not a zero­sum game. Only if we truly understand that the market and politics function differently we can keep them separated, regulate them and get realistic expectations of them. Another crisis is waiting to happen; if you can't change the players, change the game. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LINKS  http://www.antillectual.com http://www.facebook.com/antillectual http://www.instagram.com/antillectual http://www.twitter.com/antillectual http://www.redfield-records.com  http://www.facebook.com/redfieldrecords