Hey thanks, i really love this song and i do think it should be a working class anthem of sorts. The part about the dam builder falling in and dying is particularly salient. The highwaymen describes workers and their everlasting contribution.

Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort people experience when holding conflicting cognitions. It is a signal that our thinking doesn’t make sense and we need to change something to make that feeling go away. It is not hypocrisy or having contradictory thoughts. It’s a feeling we all experience. IMO exploring our cognitive dissonance is a useful way to better critical thinking. The people you are talking about are probably not experiencing cognitive dissonance as they have long since rationlised it away.

Personally, I’d be fine with just allowing nudity and normalising it…at least at pools. That would take away all its power.

You think if all the women in the pool are naked that boobs will no longer have any appeal? This is complete nonsense.