Order, Order, Order!
A Demo a Day: Day 8.
A jackbooted police force dressed in full riot gear breaks up the mayhem at the nightclub, in a Nine Inch Nails-inspired industrial romp that explores police brutality and authoritarian overreach. Marshall Law beams in over the TV screen (in homage to 1984 the film)-- forceful, triumphant and giddy with power.
The lyrics are a dystopian grab bag of fear mongering pulled straight from the George W. Bush area: bad people are out to take away our freedoms; they could be your next door neighbor or best friend; security is paramount, even at the expense of privacy and personal liberty; those who don’t think like we do can’t be trusted; listen to the government, we have your best interests at heart. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, etc. This tune takes on additional meaning today in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and Defund the Police movement.