‘d never heard of The Strokes until last week. (Yes, I’m that culturally illiterate.) Then Lee Camp shared a video where he’s one of five freedom fighters featured in Lonely In The Future.

By “featured,” I mean as puppets. Which is way cooler than you might think.

The video is both hilarious and informative. It calls out the censorship of journalists, like Lee Camp and Chris Hedges, the silencing of activists, like Chris Smalls and Greta Thunberg, and the dismissing of musicians, like J.S. Bach. Seriously. Bach.

(Fun fact: The mega-rich dude that Bach worked for once imprisoned Bach for a month because he had the audacity to apply for another job after being passed over for a promotion.)

As the music plays, red neon signs order people to “Obey,” “Follow,” and “Distract.” When they challenge war and corporate orthodoxy on mainstream media programs, Hedges and Camp are yanked off-stage by the fearsome “legacy media” hook.
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