THE SOCK WAS SPEAKING TRUTH !! | Bo Burnham: How The World Works

THE SOCK WAS SPEAKING TRUTH !! | Bo Burnham: How The World Works
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[@projektvirus5451]

i like how the sock and the hand also represent the idea that the elites will let you complain and talk and will even help. until it gets too uncomfortable. "Remember who is on whose hand buddy."

[@k3upikachu]

damn.

[@alirankin1695]

and the best part is at the end, he still rips socko off, showing that the elites still get rid of the people under them after the elites dont need them anymore

[@ianalabajar4165]

And metaphorically we are all just puppets

[@susugam3004]

@@ianalabajar4165 and stuck in sleep paralysis under the thumb of capital. there is nothing for us to do. we are at their whim.

[@TribuneAquila]

I think it’s also a critique of leftist who will say this stuff but then just tell the person to google it instead of going all the way and attempting to actually educate

[@bradypahl]

Friendly reminder to go with this song, Bo is hired on to write the music for the new sesame street film.

[@Banpoofs]

OH GOD

[@Amanda-mb5sp]

Fuck yeah!!!!!!

[@katzagain2580]

Imagine if the songs had a dark twist lol

[@randompersonn1085]

BAHAHAAHAHAHA

[@kingswirl5488]

I can't wait to see elmo commenting on the communist system

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

There's an unfortunate misunderstanding regarding the "neoliberal fascists are destroying the left" line. Socko is not presenting a "both sides" argument here, nor is he critiquing the far left. Neoliberalism is an economic ideology that believes in unregulated capitalism. No rules for the masters, essentially. It's not a leftist ideology at all, both liberals and conservatives can be neoliberal. Everything socko says is explicitly socialist and his description of how the world works is %100 a socialist critique.

[@gettingkilt]

Socko is quoting directly from Marx, mostly. It's a communist critique. Bo's first verse about each animal giving what it can and taking what it needs is socialism (for animals.).

[@alenbacco7613]

@@gettingkilt I just picked up on that this time around. I've been wondering if people are taking the wrong massage away here. I haven't quite gotten there yet tho. It feels like a story about a budding marxist who ends up rejecting socialism after facing hostility from a more educated and orthodox marxist. The more common reading of a cynic masquerading as a progressive is probably what bo was going for but the heel turn from socko feels very sudden. Makes me wonder if if the point was more that the left have to be more inviting or they risk alienating outsiders and becoming irrelevant (again).

[@marocat4749]

Its that neoluiberals help faschists by supressing progress and left progress and at best halting it and undermining it, which helps faschists, or when capitalism fails, faschism. So that criticism is absolutely legit. neoliberals help faschists, arent faschists but help them. By preventing progress or more progress or faster there that is making conditions where faschism can get victims to fall for an easier illusion of strong an ideology. That marx quote isnt wrong, just that neolibs help faschists, not that neoliberalism technically, through helping could be a describer for that.

[@mrwrldleader]

Just say your upset that a Sock called you out

[@michamuller3451]

And the phrase: "Gives what they can and get what they need" is communism.

[@beekind14]

Perfect illustration of thinking someone really wants to help when Socko gets confident and says "we are entrenched in a..." As he gets yanked off the hand. Suddenly realising Bo doesn't actually care about the issues.

[@nickwittednonpareil]

Counter-Point: Socko didn't necessarily need to take it to a combative place. Asking "How can I help?" isn't quite the same as demanding someone educate you on the issues IMO. It would be a lot less funny of course, but if this was two people talking in real life I'd hope "Socko" would talk about charities/protest groups he personally supports that could use allies, as an example.

[@levityoflonging22]

@@nickwittednonpareil That's beside the point. People who have been oppressed or mistreated might not necessarily come at you from a place of calm respect. That doesn't invalidate the issues at hand. If someone suffers from racism, and they're emotionally exhausted and they lash out verbally, that doesn't cancel out the racism. We shouldn't only be allies if we're getting patted on the back and having our egos stroked. Do what is right for the sake of doing good.

[@nickwittednonpareil]

@@levityoflonging22 Of course. Not saying the lashing out is in any way equivalent to the oppression itself. People who have been hurt hurt other people all the time in real life. That's how generational cycles of abuse happen. All I'm saying is Socko could've approached an open dialogue in a different way and probably walked away with a more desirable outcome. There are times when people need to be held accountable for apathy and inaction, and I absolutely agree that one should do good for the sake of good itself, not for praise/admiration/reward.

[@jeremiahlakstins1281]

@@nickwittednonpareil counter-counter-point. The only way to take power from the wealthy and powerful elite is through combativeness, through demanding our rights and demanding respect. Passiveness and appeasement has never worked against the ruling class historically.

[@fictionmyth]

@@levityoflonging22 There is this terribly disgusting practice that people have where the victim must always be the best person possible otherwise "they had it coming". It happens with wife beaters, the victims of police murders like Floyd, and countless times in colonization "We had to educate the poor savages...". The aggressor, even though inherently wrong from the start, somehow is given permission to do the bad thing dependent on the victims behavior, in the minds of some people. When, in reality, it's an excuse to stop caring. It's also interesting that in the song the one piece of criticism the singer didn't want to listen to is that he's part of the problem. He's happy enough to listen to Socko sing about problems as long as it's nebulous and non-specific. The very moment he's confronted with the fact that, "Hey, you're doing literally nothing to help and are putting the burden of education yourself on me, instead of taking it upon yourself to find out the truth and how to make things better." is when he turns vicious. There are many layers and interpretations to the song but it hits fuckin' hard and makes a lot of great points while also being catchy and funny. That's a crazy hard balancing act and he makes it look easy.

[@SatanicBarbeque]

A liminal space is just a transitional place, inbetween, neither here nor there. Think of an escalator that has no top or bottom, and no one around to ride it with you.

[@beanodonnell]

yeah i dont see how people dont just understand it based off the contest of the way its used

[@elbruces]

The best part is that Bo was willing to make himself the bad guy at the end as an example.

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Yeah, I really respect his willingness to acknowledge openly that he's part of the problem instead of patting himself on the back for doing the bare minimum. It's a tricky thing to navigate for sure.

[@midnightearth1015]

6:28 "It doesn't sound right, but the American educational system having a racial bias? No way, Joseph" - Bo Burnham

[@betterthanyou3465]

I just realized he changed the phrase to include a white mans name rather yhan "jose"

[@jonathanclark9584]

Everything but peanut butter

[@logan3917]

@@betterthanyou3465 yeah that joke is so underrated, it’s genius

[@isla2593]

Where did he say that? I need to see it

[@jonathanclark9584]

@@isla2593 its in one of his last specials. Either "What." Or "Make Happy" i can't remember.

[@RagnarokB]

One aspect of this song that I never see anyone comment on, but I find hilarious as hell, is the fact that Socko says he isn't "saying anything you haven't already said" to the guy who is voicing him. That's some brilliant meta shit right there!

[@JaredisAMPED]

Hey uh I think you misunderstood socko. You seemed to think he was pushing centrism, when he was pushing farther left stuff/ socialism. Everything from separating the worker from the means of production, to private property being inherently theft, to talking about neo-liberals (center at best, right in most European countries) destroying the left are all super common socialist talking points.

[@robertcunningham1695]

@@nathanielwilcox4947 American "leftists" are right wingers buddy

[@J1ntu]

Yes! I can't even explain how much I love this song or how many times I've played it on repeat Funny thing is Bo is either still writing or wrote songs for the Sesame Street movie that's coming out

[@katzagain2580]

LMAO

[@PlutozReal]

That's just the first half of the song.

[@a_ahhhhhhhhhhhh]

I cant help but think of Socko as how adults view children, like a sock puppet, super childish but there, and when Socko says something a adult doesn't like or the adult doesn't agree with they get in trouble for it and forced to apologize for what they feel

[@layahfedrizzi7603]

yeah. i watched this with my mom and she said her dad used to tell her the exact same thing- "look at me and say it." it's essentially a way of shaming children and affirming the power structure

[@ansalem12]

I took Socko to represent the oppressed and Bo the oppressors. The image in my mind is that Socko is a slave, though I don't think he was literally meant to represent slavery specifically, just oppression in general. It is similar to how most children are raised, but the bigger issue as I see it is that people with a lot of power see everyone they have power over as children who need to be trained and supervised at all times. I wasn't expecting Socko to say "yes, sir", I was expecting him to say "yes, master", but I think the connotation is the same either way.

[@quintonberger2407]

No cap

[@A_Wee_spook]

@@ansalem12 I agree with 100%. That was my reading of it.

[@BlackieChan21E]

Bo represents the "upper elite" and those in power in general and Socko is the oppressed. That's why in the start of the song he describes the world in a happy go lucky tone and focuses elsewhere for how the world works. Then when he brought in Socko he asked him and while Socko was explaining the actual problems the dictate how the world actually works, with classicism, racism and abuse of power, Bo has a almost smug or fake listening smile on his face. This represents how those in power pretend to care for the opinions of "lower society" but doesn't seem to actually be listening or taking it in. Then when it goes on to the next section its a direct critique of "wokeness" and how some of those in power flaunt how "woke" they are yo the common issues of the public or those who feel oppressed, but only so they look better, not because they actually care. But once called out on it they show their true colors of not actually caring and making sure its known that they are the ones in control as well as silencing Socko with threats and pretty much showing you can either comply or die. And the "look at me/ 'yes Sir'" is done to show the belittlement and comparing it to the authority they have to that like a parent/adult over a child, and commanding respect. This is shown again when in the final chorus Bo says "I hope you learned your lesson" much like an adult disciplining a child when the only thing Socko actually did was say the truth and it made Bo unhappy/uncomfortable. Following that section it then immediately goes back into the chorus to emphasize that is how the world actually works. With those who hold power being in real control and forcing their will and opinions on others. Then finally at the end despite making Socko apologize and comply Bo still got rid of him when he felt like it.

[@amandaski]

American education system: Christopher Columbus discovered America! The Vikings: Are we a goddam JOKE to you?! Indigenous people: OH, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

[@xNero96x]

Christopher Columbus did discover America, from the European point of view. The Vikings did get there firsts but never spread that knowledge or even returned to that land

[@nixi7688]

Dear mum, today I learned how to call someone an arsehole in Spanish

[@vodkamutini3979]

@@xNero96x the vikings.. were European????? tf

[@targetbuddy5]

​@@xNero96x no he didn't. He never set foot in the Americas. He landed in the Caribbean Islands, thought it was India, and then brutalized the native populations after he found out they didn't have spices or gold.

[@AvianaPenny]

he snapped when he said “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" 🔥🔥🔥 turn that shit UPPP

[@matthewlennon6289]

“Socko should sock him” I laughed

[@SuzieClemme]

Someone’s probably already said this, but Inside isn’t a series, it’s just a 1 hour special! So it could be an easier watch than you’d expect

[@rileyd1062]

Comrade holla confirmed?

[@adamdrake6592]

big holla: i see where this is going me: no you dont lol big holla: except us me: well ill be damned

[@MutualistSoc]

Finally! I've seen alot of reaction videos and Sackos comments have completely going over people's heads. But not yours. If someone is making a surplus off your labor, that is exploitation. Private Property is theft. Because private property is not the same thing as personal property. Made simple. Personal property is something (you) personally use. Your car,your toothbrush, your microphone, your sneakers. Ect. Private Property is you owning things that don't move and don't personally physically utilize. Example is having 20 acres of land, Having 20 houses rented out, Intellectual property (like discovering a cancer fighting). I have a mortgage, but with all our inequality in this country and world. I would gladly flip the system on it head. Family and community makes a home, not the other way around. BTW this isn't to the creator of the video, more so to my fellow workers in the comments.

[@loke3684]

so wait, if someone has a successful business (where they're profiting), that's exploitation?

[@MutualistSoc]

@@loke3684 If they have people working with them and they are getting a surplus off their labor. Then yes, it is exploitation.

[@MutualistSoc]

@@loke3684 Take a cleaning company for example. Let's say a company owner can clean 3 houses a day by themselves, but they hire a extra person who also clean 3 houses, but pays them for the equalivent of 1 house in wages. They are exploiting that person of their labor. Not giving them the full value of their labor. In a system of ours, the BARE MINIMUM should be paying a Net percentage of profits into bonuses for the workers like they do with the executives of a company. But sadly people are so damn brainwashed that even a modest proposal like that seems fringe in USA politics.

[@MutualistSoc]

@@loke3684 I think you need to read wealth of nations, in it; Adam Smith admits the Laborer DOES NOT receive the full value of his labor, the worker sells a surplus of his labor to his master for the privilege of being employed "Smith referred to 3 (classes) of people, The Masters, the Workers and the Landlords". You think where you are, and your father and his father before him are/were at on the totum pole. We can have a system that is still small government regulation, free trade, low tax environment.. It would be with all major corporations being turned into Worker Cooperatives. I don't mind people owning a business, if your one man doing a job, and you make 1 million or what have you. Then see be it. Your not exploiting any workers. But if your start a company, and the work load overcomes you and you need to hire additional help, instead of saying "this is my business, I own it all, I'm going to pay you a wage" We will instead have essentially contracts, where if you need additional help, that worker will become a split owner of the company and share in the profits just as any owner does. Look up any S&p 500 company that pays a dividend, Multiply the annual dividend by how many shares outstanding there are, then divide it by the number of people directly employed within the USA. You will on average find TENS of THOUSANDS of dollars PER EMPLOYEE that could be additional wages or bonuses if these companies paid the dividends they are paying to shareholders, instead to workers. Isn't it kinda fucked up, that a shareholder gains portfolio value from the increase in price of the stock, and also receive a dividend?! It's documented that most working Americans are not in the stock market. 55% of Americans have stocks, of that 55% 90% is held up in 401ks and other planned non liquid retirement accounts done through employment. That means less than 10% of the population actively holds shares outside of employment. The game is rigged. Pay people just enough to sqeak by on their mortgage, enough to keep the house warm and have their daily brainwashing devices. But don't pay them enough to actually give them power to tilt the levers for themselves in anyway. This house built with sticks is going to fall one day.

[@techissus7449]

@@furkankorkmaz1fan neolibs are only interested in freemarket capitalism while trying to maintain an image that they are progressive, or they are simply leftists that haven't discovered the alternative

[@Alexander-bp2ht]

That funny feeling might be his ultimate deep song. Touches politics consumerism depression

[@Deviknyte_]

Liminal - adjective - 2 - occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold Pedagogical classist - adjective - relating to teaching of class hierarchies

[@Napstablooky]

Though Socko said "Pedagogically classist" meaning the way they are teaching history is inherently classist.

[@Dan-B]

Honest question: Why would you watch all of the songs before watching the special? Treat yourself and experience the songs as intended and within the context of the special.

[@OmfgHiii]

because he wants to make first reaction videos. i wish youtube popularized thoughtful commentary too after the second watch or something

[@dontsubscribe6726]

Liminal relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. Or occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.

[@gongju1319]

Words words words or oh bo next pleaaaaaaaase ❤️❤️❤️

[@farze4087]

Or both because they both are bar filled

[@emily-bz7ez]

i think a live version would be better than the music video!

[@Channyg4lyfe]

The music videos are better

[@emily-bz7ez]

@@Channyg4lyfe they both great! the music video has great visuals, i just don’t like how the end is so busy you can’t hear the last few lines

[@gongju1319]

@@emily-bz7ez music videos are way better because like you said the visuals, the camera aren’t shaking and he doesn’t mumble during the song. Even tho I love his mumbles haha

[@nothingmancer1607]

I love how quick he got it 😄

[@andriv]

Dude your reaction is SPOT ON! I love it and you have earned a sub and Ill see you on twitch.

[@beekind14]

Putting a cape on. Similar to in comedy with the line "I'm white and I'm here to save the day!"

[@ShortFuseNL]

Or "like Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side" when you get it, you get it.

[@hershy1594]

Socko must be protected at all costs

[@cultofsnickerdoodle2460]

3:13 Those are the most blue eyes I have ever seen.

[@Jhg75d95]

FD Signifier has a really great video about Bo Burnham's Inside more broadly, and its position in the media landscape. Another great creator worth checking out.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

There is actually something like property rights called "air rights" if im not mistaken. has to do with how high buildings are built or what views you can block by building iirc

[@johncoppinger2241]

Lupe Fiasco is ABSOLUTELY a modern day philosopher.

[@BigHolla]

ONG!

[@frnkensteingirls]

defo check out the music video for repeat stuff

[@mylesh4406]

Socko is a savage

[@ivangood7121]

he has a nice song about news called "channel 5 news" it is pretty deep too

[@stonedbutchblues1334]

the verses 'and every single cricket every fish in the sea, gives what they can and get what they need' are a rewording of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to their needs' which is a marx slogan, and i think thats neat

[@ethansheldrick8046]

liminal means to be in a sensory threshold. like not being able to feel like one thing or another but in between feelings.

[@Meccanico208]

Bo is trying to acknowledge that it's the privileged person's responsibility to educate themselves, instead of having an oppressed person do the emotional labor of educating the privileged person.

[@jenniferpratt3007]

Stuff like this makes me wonder how I can help. I don’t wanna be misconstrued as someone who’s just tackling these issues to look good. I have big dreams in life but there something I realize, the bigger you get the more difficult it is to convince people and yourself your doing things for the right reasons. I’m not gonna focus on every issue in the world because I know I’m not gonna wanna watch and read so much of the stuff needed. So I’m gonna focus on a few things I’m truly passionate about. I know what I’m trying to say mind be confusing but I’ll wrap it up with this, I like how in the song both Bo and Socko are portrayed to have flaws in there ideologies. Thank you to anyone who read this.

[@JNB0723]

There are two meanings when he says private property is inherently theft, you addressed first one, but also there's another point to talk about which is when large businesses and corporations buyout land and then make people pay rent to stay on that land and the prices are ridiculously high.

[@TaserT0t]

To me, socko represents any oppressed group and bo represents the oppressor. Bo's character wanted to make the world sound like this wonderful place where nothing is wrong. He then decided to bring out Socko. Once Socko started to bring the truth about the world to light, Bo's character was uncomfortable and decided to try to play the "hero" role. This hero role basically just means "i want you to give me all the knowledge on these topics you have AND i want you to tell me step by step how to fix it. I don't actually want to do the work, I just don't want people to see my true colors." Socko once again tells Bo the truth basically saying, "Don't expect me to give you the answers. You caused this, so you need to fix it. YOU are the issue." Bo doesn't like Socko calling him out, so he silences him just like the oppressors in our society try to silence the groups that they oppressed. Bo holds the power that he has over Socko and threatens him

[@mikelee8937]

Have to wonder, should Bo be found dead of auto-asphyxiation, if Socko went full Che.

[@YourPalTheCommentor]

9:00 nobody is born as the good guys, countries who responded/joined the allies during ww2 (late war), they didn't do it just to end it. They did it for self interest and also for everyone to think they were the good guys who fought hard and driven back the quote on quote "bad guys".

[@justinacton8897]

I’ve only just realized that his description of the natural world “giving what they can and getting what they need” is another way of saying Marx’s maxim “to each according to need, from each according to ability”.

[@anonymouscali7966]

He’s playing the character of the elites, entitled etc, the sock is the ordinary person, hence how he made the sock refer to him at the end and how the sock was calling him white privilege at the end etc etc. That’s the dynamic within the surrounding story

[@Dudesidabe]

It also shows the "elite" understands how animals and nature function through "give what they can and get what they need" but don't reflect that in how they handle issues relating to other people.

[@DugFin2]

The beginning is even funnier after the song is over, when you realize he's talking about everything having it's "place".

[@levityoflonging22]

I could be wrong, but I don't think he's talking about private property like any regular Joe owning his house. I think it's more like the government owning land, and big corporations.

[@adammcfall5133]

Like blackstone, McDonalds, and law of eminent domain

[@josephwritessongs]

Yeah private property in the Marxist sense - the means of production (and survival) in private hands

[@dantecarangelo1083]

Yeah, he never said PERSONAL property or PUBLIC property were theft, only PRIVATE property.

[@lazynorth500]

The sock speaking fax

[@Seissmo]

Fantastic

[@Mx.RumpusParable]

I love this entire thing, but especially that ending exchange with Socko telling him off. I’ve been on both sides - the unaffected/uninformed person inadvertently putting the burden of education on others while genuinely seeking understanding AND being one of those who have been asked to do the same for others with certain issues they are unaffected/uninformed on and being drained by it. From both ends of that exchange it was absolute gold. And so goddamn refreshing and surprising to see it addressed and addressed in such a simultaneously fun, dark, aware, harsh, yet enjoyable way Bo manages to combine in his work.

[@ALLrobotsAreSad]

“We must protect Bo Burnham at all cost!” -Big Holla A-fuckin’-greed!

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

Seeing Bo's happy side of this song makes me understand why they hired him to write the songs for the Sesame Street movie coming out later this year. (2022 actually) Also the sock is most likely an homage to a Dutch comedian named Hans Teeuwen and his sock skit with Little Ronnie. He is one of the many comedians he looks up to. He also plays piano and writes songs.

[@Death_By_Media]

And he made sure to make it a white sock to not offend Marc Maron lolz

[@vmcnick]

It is also a homage to former WWF wrestler Mankind, who wore a sock named “Socko” on his hand. The story behind Mankind was that he was physically abused and left chained up in a boiler room most of his life, so he didn’t adopt much language use and made up a friend named Socko to entertain himself. I am sure there is some deeper meaning there, but I mostly just like knowing that Bo watched the WWF as I did when I was an adolescent.

[@saniharuo]

Christopher Columbus funnily enough wasn't even the first person to just pop up on America's shores and "Discover it". Erik Liefson was. The lies school tells us

[@biohero11]

you are really smart, nice vid

[@kit_raccoon_boi]

Just a thought, but after re-watching the song a few times I think that him looking directly at the /camera/ when saying "what can I do to help'' instead of looking at socko might also be symbolism for how a lot of the 'support' big corporations and people directly benefiting from the system show is unfortunately preformative In short: me rambling about how bo's a genius :)

[@bumfricker2487]

oh for sure early on socko says how torturous his existence is when not on Bo's hand, and Bo brushes that aside entirely to continue his lil song. These kinds of exercises aren't really about the people they're trying to "help"

[@levismith8444]

They weren't using it

[@bingus4118]

SOCKO SPITTING BARS

[@joshscott4940]

socko represents someone standing up to the white corporate machine. He is poc coded and it shows how when someone stands up for whats right they get silenced or forced to do what they want you to do.

[@AJShuffled]

I've been seeing a lot of reaction videos ever since I watched Inside about two weeks ago. This was one of my favorites. Thanks I enjoyed that.

[@drownem2920]

Think he turns socko into an oppressed being at the end making him apologise and call him sir. I saw a massive metaphor at the end there - not sure if I’ve seen something that wasn’t there though.

[@catherinetheegreat8742]

I took it as socko being poc and other minorities who are trying to speak up and bo is the white person not willing to give up their privilege for equality so he shuts him up because it's no longer easy to pretend that he's a good person

[@charleswright8294]

This is the kinda song that makes a man dissappear.

[@AskiFin]

as a Finnish person, America is not democracy, it's autocracy.. close to oligarchy

[@harpomarxist4185]

My boy out here radicalizing mofos with a sock.

[@phoenixrose6444]

I (a person of native american decent) had to do a deep dive into Christopher Columbus for a history paper on native American genocide and found out that he was stripped of his titles and land and nearly imprisoned for his actions once word got back to the portugese and Spanish monarchies. it took 6 days of diving down historical rabbit holes at Harvard to find that shit out, and my professor tried to fail that paper bc she (a white woman in her late 60s) didn't believe that my research was accurate

[@jonew2726]

“Gives what they can and gets what they need”

[@ThisisStephennn]

U completely got this song bro. I mess wit u

[@internaut4257]

most of us are the sockpuppet

[@x3mslayer]

Bo didn't kill himself.

[@mattstyles2498]

That commanding of a yes sir. Then "that's how the world works" is hauntingly accurate

[@tjfkc]

PROTECT BO AT ALL COSTS!!!

[@dillonmcknight9558]

I can’t remember the butter company but they removed the Native American woman off the cover art to avoid controversy and left the mountains land and lake back drop. And when they did a logo rebrand reveal trying to say hey we’re good people right someone commented on the video I can’t think of anything more white than keeping the land and removing the natives. I think that’s still the best roast of all existence.

[@JeremyEllwood]

That look when Sock-O started singing. Oh fuck. Legit.

[@elbruces]

"Liminal" means "on the line."

[@Tickle..Tipson]

All the songs in his netflix special Inside are in chronological order, and span from the beginning of the pandemic to one year later. This song comes right around the middle. I'm 99.9% sure this is Bo's response to the murder of George Floyd, and the swift government crackdown on civil dissent that instantly followed.

[@johnathanargow4762]

THANK YOU I loved how you point out how both sides need to work together. Not push the other down. Pointing out upside and down sides of each side. Just frustrating. Id be talking about ideas on how things are now and id be mostly agreeing. Then suddenly i get a random comment that i didnt agree with and suddenly im on the other side? Peoples weird fam

[@sknight8621]

That was definitely not the point this song was making my man, it was a pro-communist / socialist take on how capitalism sucks the soul out of the working class and keeps them under their thumb, terrified to speak out and constantly being lied to and fed propaganda

[@johnathanargow4762]

@@sknight8621 was not even talking about the song. Was talking about the person reacting my guy.

[@user-x3cctjs]

The sock’s name is Socko. (canon)

[@MindfulMya]

I can’t wait for how aware sesame street is gonna be. Like mini political aware and systemic racist change makers.

[@JP-ve7or]

Agreed, but let's not forget Sesame Street always was aware, and when it debuted in 1969, tv stations in the south lost their damn minds because it showed black, white, and brown people living and interacting as equals. ❤

[@darreldarrenman3334]

its nice to see someone who really disects the freaky ass meaning behind it

[@Satanish69]

I absolutely love listening to you react to Bo!!! You seem to love home as much as I do!! And I love how much you love All Eyes On Me. Xoxo

[@Valintinus]

Just imagine this sock was black.

[@romanmedley4799]

Capitalism bad

[@midnightearth1015]

based

[@bitchmood7658]

He does go a bit far 😂

[@Swenglish]

He explained how it works. He didn't say it was bad. Hell, he didn't even say "capitalism". He just described what's happening. If your takeaway is that capitalism is bad, that's your own realization.

[@bitchmood7658]

@@Swenglish it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that he's listing the reasons why capitalism is bad

[@Swenglish]

@@bitchmood7658 That's kind of part of my point. Because once explained, it's not hard to see what's bad about capitalism. It's not necessary for Bo, or Socko, to say that capitalism is bad, because simply describing it without sugarcoating it is enough to make it clear. Recognizing it as bad, and recognizing that capitalism is one of the roots (along with systemic racism, imperialism, etc) is up to the listener.

[@jeremiahlakstins1281]

This is one of the best reactions to "How The World Works" I've ever seen. You really understood everything Bo was saying.

[@THawk108]

Solid fuckin' song. Bo Burnham is a dope dude who externalizes thoughts that I'm sure all people have entertained in their heads. Much love to ya bro, I finally caught up on your channel haha

[@zoelawrence568]

Bold move casting himself as the villain as well

[@levismith8444]

And plus we didn't really kill them in Spanish did

[@kateyork4071]

When Bo says "look at me" , your eyes went right to him lol

[@PoserDoser]

Not a lot of people nail it on the head like you did. A few do, but you fuckin nailed it 💪

[@lxnie_]

every single time i listen to Bo’s content i find a new layer of meaning or understanding that i didn’t have before, even if it’s something quick or small. for instance. Bo is considered the “govt” the “elite” or people in “power” behind the scenes and those people in public creating a facade that they care. also, when the sock is “on” hes “woke”. he just said that he was basically in a coma previously and since Bo allowed him to speak his mind, somewhat, he was “woke”. but the moment he became too woke, he was almost shut down or silenced. you can tell as his behavior obviously changes. essentially what i got from this was that the powers that be will “hear us out” on some things and put on a show that they care or are helping us and “on our side”, but the moment we push too hard or say something that will indicate someone specific or expose someone, it’s shut down. how do you control the masses? let them think that you’re on their side, and don’t actually change anything. just put a bandaid on things.

[@letskeepitreal6060]

From anything...bo Burnham is a genius

[@reprehensibl]

You bopping and singing along while you wait to see what he’s gonna say is so funny omg

[@Froggy711]

That was my favorite bit from Inside.

[@zachmatthews1249]

I upgrade my Life by the lyrics of a song I grew up with "do you really know what it's like to walk a mile in his shoes" I don't go further than viewing the situation's of others through their eyes the best I can and then I attempt to adjust accordingly to stay away from adding to the way the world works

[@ultraviolin]

I love how you know the philosophical quote related to private property being theft but don't know what liminal means lol

[@Alexander-bp2ht]

First reaction I've seen to this song where you just understood the entire song and everything he meant.

[@ikanhazw1n]

Socko is a straight up communist and I love it

[@SleepySigh]

Instant subscribe, you are so quick and clever and I love your perspective

[@brytoncox]

The beginning was what were taught as kids compared to life’s truth

[@tserv2657]

'his name is Lupe Fiasco' bro hahaha

[@sheaneal290]

Honestly thanks for talking about the dialouge with Socko and Bo, because I when I first watched it, I knew he was making some sort of statement but I couldn't really understand it. So thanks:)

[@TheMoafo]

The whole song. Watch it again and seriously the whole song is how the world works. You have the first half which is what they teach you. Then you have the second half, the dark reality. And the reality about how if you speak they pull the plug so it's really a power situation. Get woke in 4 minutes.

[@sknight8621]

finding out bo is socialist / communist made my life complete

[@dr.inkwell1070]

Ive got so much respect for Bo Burnham after this one and "Welcome To The Internet"