Great Manic Street Preachers reference. "If You Tolerate This ... " is one of their best. I found myself sharing the video on Facebook with my friends as Covid-mania began to roll out.

That said, knowing that Nicky Wire writes the vast majority of their lyrics and reading a Mojo interview of Wire in late-2021 where the author noted that Wire wore a mask for the entire interview, it makes me wonder whether their world view has changed to embrace something more acceptable to the collectivists.

It's like a recent interview of Ray Davies of the Kinks wherein he engaged in a little historical revisionism to paint "Lola" in a pro-LGBTQ+ light. Next, Keith Richards will say "Brown Sugar" wasn't about heroin or the more obvious connotation but rather about his favorite additive to his morning tea.