trolley problem - cricket! by im creekflow

"Grinding against the social norms of the world is not an easy thing to do, especially when you have know it all pseudo intellectuals spewing utter nonsense in your ear around every corner.

Being a hateful mouth breathing loser is one thing, but pretending your hate is based on scientific research is another level of dumb. Backwards semi-understood utilitarian thinking is one of the stupidest things to believe in our world today. Any system of ethics that doesn’t favor compassion is ridiculous at best and fascist at worst. People will use any excuse in the book to keep their hate filled mindsets intact. I mean have you ever heard of having actual human decency? Ever hear about compassion? Just being fucking nice?

Everywhere you look people are scared of having their way of life changed, and instead of being open minded to the times that are a-changing they turn to echo chambers, debate influencers, and at worst: literal conspiracy theories."
– Cricket!

LYRICS

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Cutting off the subtlety, who needs it anyways?
My logic will keep me safe until the end of days
Cut him up, ripped out his eyes
Prepared him to be crucified
If everything turns out my way, then we just might survive

'Cuz you're a big, strong man, a thinker and a saint
You've got big, big plans to justify your hate
You're a phony and a pessimist, a far cry from a scientist
You'll jump through hoops to justify the loss of human life

You've got a new trolley problem that'll put us to the test
And a modern-day interpretation of the fate of Sisyphus
Your blood is formed from your echo chamber corner of the internet
A walking Frankensteined amalgam, human Ship of Theseus

Exceptions to everything on the list
"You can't be yourself, come on, think of the kids!"
Accessories born to a life of war crimes
Through logic, we'll find you should take your own life

You're not playing devil's advocate, you're simply just
An attention-starved contrarian that's overwhelmed with lust!
I guess you're not an evil person, you're just misunderstood
And all the poverty and misery is for the greater good

It's nihilism, stoicism that controls your thoughts
Well, it would be if you understood the concepts that you flaunt
I don't think I'm making progress, I don't think I'll change your mind
So by your own logic it'd be better if you died

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You've got a new trolley problem that was never really fair
It's not subjective analytics that you never really cared
You're an idiot, a liar, a stupid fucking loser
And a poster boy to subject for the likes of Dunning-Kruger

You claim it's possible, not probable, to get under your skin
That's because you see communities as just a game to win
The means of production can't be seized through automatics
I don't need a lecture on the benefits of new eugenics

If morality is subjective by its own definition
I guess it's fine that we shoot at any sign of opposition
"Please, don't blame me! I was just following orders!
I was told to kill and maim anyone looking at the border!"

Someday you'll reap the seeds you sow, when you find yourself alone
Clean the glass walls of your home, then go back to throwing stones
When the world begins to shatter, when your rhetoric doesn't matter
When we reconstruct the ladder, hold the tongue of empty chatter
Not a game of "Would you rather", does that fit into your planner?

(God, you really believe all of that, don't you? Oh, boy...)

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Through the uncanny valley, standing on a box of soap
And a cliff-hanging finale complete with 50 feet of rope
You're debating undergrads who are just scared of being shot
Your little questions aren't that clever, you're just an annoying little fuck

You claim that it's a "free country", citing freedom of speech
Yet complain the game is rigged when you even hear the word "impeach"
If your crusade is so righteous, and you can put me in my place
Prove to me, you're not a coward and just say it to my face