Green Day's American Idiot criticizes modern American society and culture. The song describes Americans as "idiots" manipulated by the media and living in a state of tension, alienation and hysteria. It warns listeners not to follow the propaganda and television dreams, and questions whether America has become a "nation of idiots" controlled by the media.
Green Day's American Idiot criticizes modern American society and culture. The song describes Americans as "idiots" manipulated by the media and living in a state of tension, alienation and hysteria. It warns listeners not to follow the propaganda and television dreams, and questions whether America has become a "nation of idiots" controlled by the media.
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Green Day's American Idiot criticizes modern American society and culture. The song describes Americans as "idiots" manipulated by the media and living in a state of tension, alienation and hysteria. It warns listeners not to follow the propaganda and television dreams, and questions whether America has become a "nation of idiots" controlled by the media.
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Don't want a nation that under the new midia And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn't meant to be ok. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. Well maybe I am the faggot America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda! And sing along in the age of paranoia. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn't meant to be ok. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. Don't want to be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media. Information age of hysteria. Calling out to idiot America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn't meant to be ok. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue.