He wasn't suggesting you couldn't do both. The poem highlighted the incongruity of celebrating cutting edge technological advancement in a society where basic inequalities are still baked into the system.
In other news, US President makes inflammatory comments and goes off to watch a space rocket launch, while his country burns. I'd say Gill Scott-Heron is sadly still bang on the money.
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Like Life on Mars
- humdrum earthly shite, juxtaposed with the distractions of cosmic pondering.
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Sun 31 May 2020, 18:00,
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