The Machine
The Machine is Pink Floyd's musical representation of the The System. It is from the song "Welcome to the Machine" and discussed [wiki]ideology[/wiki], and an indoctrination "pipeline" that leads directly towards placement, like a Cog, into your place in [wiki]The System[/wiki] (i.e., The Machine). It's a disturbing song that points to the colonization of thought, the capture of our imagination, and, ulimately, a profound diminishment and disconnection.
Syncretic Terms
Regime of Accumulation > Mode of Exploitation, Mode of Production, Old World, The Machine, The Matrix, The Wheel
Notes
Welcome my son Welcome to the machine Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been
You've been in the pipeline Filling in time Provided with toys and scouting for boys You brought a guitar to punish your ma And you didn't like school
And you know you're nobody's fool So welcome to the machine Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star He played a mean guitar He always ate in the Steak Bar He loved to drive in his Jaguar So welcome to the machine
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