I'll be honest this song helped me. Helped me quit a job that was breaking me and my marriage. Helped me get back on track with getting what I was worth and being with my family. Thank you, your lyrics and beats make this rather droll world much more tolerable. Please keep up your art and acting it helps thousands of us process our lives and do more to help each other.
There is a moment in the game where you learn about a worker who killed himself. He was charged posthumously with vandalism, the destruction of corporate property. We then learn that his co-worker need to cover the fine and funeral as his closest relative. No they are not connected in any way. She is the closest person relative to the where he died, and the company will make somebody eat the charge.
Absolutley true. + the charges for vandalism come from the dead person's potential suicide. Because that destroys a perfectly fine piece of equipment belonging to the corp. The whole colony would have been fined simultanously otherwise, if a singular person wouldn't step up as "closest relative".
@@Jigger106plus ideas of family being fined by a company for relatives committed suicide is real thing that happens in east India company where Britain must pleased the Catholic Church by punishing it employees for committing suicide because according to Catholic Church you're a property of gods and killing yourself is considered vandalism and is a holy crime against God's for ending your life sending you straight towards hells so that was A real life thing people have to deal with back then.
The evils of capitalism is basically a Stupendium staple by now. That and the fact that he seems to have memorised an entire thesaurus for wordplay related shenaneganery.
To be fair, the Outer Worlds, Cyperpunk 2077, Sastifactory are not truly capitalism. I make this point a lot as I am tired of the misnomer. Those games are corporatism. In capitalism, the government and business are separate, in corporatism the corporations either own the government or ARE the government. I hope I cleared the confusion up for you.
I think a good thing to point out is that while large corporations and monopolies are natural for capitalism to form, it is healthier for the economy to break it up and bring up competition. A good capitalist system in my opinion is the state holds power over corporations and people have power over the government in. The problem being that in order to campaign you need a lot of money to pay for marketing across most countries. So here comes the companies who come in to make deals with candidates who promise not to harm the corporations. I mean look at the companies funding presidential candidates and you’ll find they have the same parent companies, essentially hedging their bets.
Except your corporatism and crones capitalism are natural results of capitalism because it’s entire existence is about infinite growth and making money the consequences be damned
To clarify on the "Dropping dead bares a fine" and such other mentions In the game this colony is in a literal sense treated a company proprety Any death other then old age will make someone pay a fine Suicide is treated as vandalism and the person's family members will be fined, if there are none the closest people to the body where it was found (including the one who reported it) are fined instead Someone dying on the job due to equipment malfunction is treated as "Destruction of equipment" and anyone around the body at the time of its death is fined You literally cant be tried for murder in this colony, as murder is treated as "destruction of company proprety" and guess what the punishment is? thats right! a fine (and community service, aka more work that you were already doing so it means nothing) as reward for good behavior and earning enough you will get the option to buy yourself comfort (only the option to, you still have to seperately earn enough to actually buy it) so you dont have to work (which is usually the only way to die from old age, as most people die on the job otherwise) hence why "We work, to earn the right to give ourselves the right to buy ourselves the right to live to earn the right to die" ...hence why i love the chorus so much, also the repeat of "we work to earn the right to work" just shows you how repetitve and miserable this life is, while still being sold to others as paradise
holy shit now with context the chorus is so much more. I dont know anything about the game, thank you for explaining the context of "to earn the right to buy/live/die"
The greatest things about Stupendium's songs is that the songs are great without playing the game, but it's way better if actually play the games. You get all the awesome references he's making and the song feels way more special.
Yeah I have no idea what this game is and I still love the song. I might even go check it out because of the song, it seems interesting. I actually checked out a lot of games because of Stups songs making them seem so interesting. And it's true--listening to his Okie Dokie Literature Club song was way better after I had went and played the game even though I loved the sing even before I understood what the game was.
One thing I love about the chorus is he says, “we work” 5 times. There are 5 work days in a week. So he’s basically saying “We work on Monday to earn the right to work on Tuesday to earn the right to work on Wednesdays to earn the right to work on Thursday to earn the right to work on Friday.”
This song is special man. I played through all of The Outer Worlds and absolutely LOVED it, then saw this song. I reacted to it too and out of nowhere it became my best performing video ever by a MASSIVE margin, lmfao. Stupendium is a really amazing artist!
@@AverageProto "Oh Honestly? Did you not read the colony policy? That defines you as company property? That waivers your say in autonomy?" It's about both "greedy corporation" and slavery. And while it's spot-on for the game, both the game and the song are showing the future of letting everything be decided by capitalism.
damn never heard the full thing before. only heard this song in a tik tok where the guy was dressed as Walt Disney and was singing that bit about “oh honestly, did you not read the company policy that defines you as company property?” thing. mad song, this.
Stupendium is with upmost certainty my favorite musician. It is so unbelievably rare for me to hear one of his songs and not enjoy it. There are a couple from his early days, but every time he releases a new song, it's basically guaranteed to get added to my Spotify. And this... This song here... Is still one of my favorites from him.
You are damned if you do you are damned if you don't is how i would describe listening to Stupendium music! Loving the video reaction and how you enjoyed the lyrics 🤩
Always loved this track, between the heavy tone and smooth flow, and that metal pounding back tempo to the chorus. Can't recall who called it this, but someone said it's quite the workers anthem. Really enjoyed your reactions and inputs on it. And yea that con in economy line is one that has really stuck with me. Most of his tracks will have a line or two that really stick with you.
I really enjoy your thoughts on the lyrics within the song. The number of layers within the songs is so immense. You give great feedback and you really take a deep dive into the meaning.
Something that I don't see any reactors talking about: the verses where the Moon Man's head is bouncing along with the words are depicted like that because they're literally the company lines. It's the propaganda you're supposed to sing along with!
This reminds me of the old song 'Sixteen Tons', a lament about the the bondage system of work. The line "I owe my soul to the company store" is a reference to the truck system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers that could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store. Every time this comes up on my RUclips I watch it. Stupendium is stupendous.
We work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right to give Ourselves the rights to buy Ourselves the right to live To earn the right to die.
I’ve been waiting for this! This is one of my faves by him. You should check out his New Vegas one, and Spider-Man too. Actually all his stuff is great tbh
I like the line if you're upset you can rent an apology. Has someone who worked retail for 13 years I can tell you that game really isn't that far off when it comes to the way corporations treat their employees
The Stupendium has three songs that for me expressed "the essence of humanity". One of them is similar to the topic of "fine print", this is "matter of factories", the remaining two are more positive - "gotta build a zoo" and "little rover". I can't wait for you to reach them :D
The comment about performing better than your coworkers is funny to me because we got kicked out of our old apartment, because my mom was making too much money.
Working harder and better than your coworkers only to be told that it costs a fee to be better because they want everyone equal is the epitome of taxing the rich harder to make them pay their fair share.
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'I can't even bring my eyebrows down.' might be my favourite compliment I have ever received.
This song when you look into the lyrics is one of the darkest things you have written
But its sooo good!!
I'll be honest this song helped me. Helped me quit a job that was breaking me and my marriage. Helped me get back on track with getting what I was worth and being with my family. Thank you, your lyrics and beats make this rather droll world much more tolerable. Please keep up your art and acting it helps thousands of us process our lives and do more to help each other.
@@haroldwilbert4377 ❤
Nice
There is a moment in the game where you learn about a worker who killed himself. He was charged posthumously with vandalism, the destruction of corporate property. We then learn that his co-worker need to cover the fine and funeral as his closest relative. No they are not connected in any way.
She is the closest person relative to the where he died, and the company will make somebody eat the charge.
Absolutley true. + the charges for vandalism come from the dead person's potential suicide. Because that destroys a perfectly fine piece of equipment belonging to the corp. The whole colony would have been fined simultanously otherwise, if a singular person wouldn't step up as "closest relative".
@@Jigger106plus ideas of family being fined by a company for relatives committed suicide is real thing that happens in east India company where Britain must pleased the Catholic Church by punishing it employees for committing suicide because according to Catholic Church you're a property of gods and killing yourself is considered vandalism and is a holy crime against God's for ending your life sending you straight towards hells so that was A real life thing people have to deal with back then.
The evils of capitalism is basically a Stupendium staple by now. That and the fact that he seems to have memorised an entire thesaurus for wordplay related shenaneganery.
shenaneganery is my new favorite word now, even if it doesn't exist.
To be fair, the Outer Worlds, Cyperpunk 2077, Sastifactory are not truly capitalism. I make this point a lot as I am tired of the misnomer. Those games are corporatism. In capitalism, the government and business are separate, in corporatism the corporations either own the government or ARE the government. I hope I cleared the confusion up for you.
I think a good thing to point out is that while large corporations and monopolies are natural for capitalism to form, it is healthier for the economy to break it up and bring up competition. A good capitalist system in my opinion is the state holds power over corporations and people have power over the government in.
The problem being that in order to campaign you need a lot of money to pay for marketing across most countries. So here comes the companies who come in to make deals with candidates who promise not to harm the corporations. I mean look at the companies funding presidential candidates and you’ll find they have the same parent companies, essentially hedging their bets.
Except your corporatism and crones capitalism are natural results of capitalism because it’s entire existence is about infinite growth and making money the consequences be damned
@@jspark8990 Yes
To clarify on the "Dropping dead bares a fine" and such other mentions
In the game this colony is in a literal sense treated a company proprety
Any death other then old age will make someone pay a fine
Suicide is treated as vandalism and the person's family members will be fined, if there are none the closest people to the body where it was found (including the one who reported it) are fined instead
Someone dying on the job due to equipment malfunction is treated as "Destruction of equipment" and anyone around the body at the time of its death is fined
You literally cant be tried for murder in this colony, as murder is treated as "destruction of company proprety" and guess what the punishment is? thats right! a fine (and community service, aka more work that you were already doing so it means nothing)
as reward for good behavior and earning enough you will get the option to buy yourself comfort (only the option to, you still have to seperately earn enough to actually buy it) so you dont have to work (which is usually the only way to die from old age, as most people die on the job otherwise) hence why "We work, to earn the right to give ourselves the right to buy ourselves the right to live to earn the right to die"
...hence why i love the chorus so much, also the repeat of "we work to earn the right to work" just shows you how repetitve and miserable this life is, while still being sold to others as paradise
Jesus
I heard that it also repeats it 5 times representing 5 work days 💕
holy shit now with context the chorus is so much more. I dont know anything about the game, thank you for explaining the context of "to earn the right to buy/live/die"
dang...
The greatest things about Stupendium's songs is that the songs are great without playing the game, but it's way better if actually play the games. You get all the awesome references he's making and the song feels way more special.
He and Miracle of Sound do so excellent tribute songs for games.
Yeah I have no idea what this game is and I still love the song. I might even go check it out because of the song, it seems interesting. I actually checked out a lot of games because of Stups songs making them seem so interesting. And it's true--listening to his Okie Dokie Literature Club song was way better after I had went and played the game even though I loved the sing even before I understood what the game was.
And the cherry on top, is that most of the lyrics comes from conversations with the corporate leaders of Halcyon
One thing I love about the chorus is he says, “we work” 5 times. There are 5 work days in a week. So he’s basically saying “We work on Monday to earn the right to work on Tuesday to earn the right to work on Wednesdays to earn the right to work on Thursday to earn the right to work on Friday.”
5:10 Yeah when I got to that part of the game and saw the "retirement plan" for employees. I was like.. yeah the corporate council has got to die now.
This song is special man. I played through all of The Outer Worlds and absolutely LOVED it, then saw this song. I reacted to it too and out of nowhere it became my best performing video ever by a MASSIVE margin, lmfao. Stupendium is a really amazing artist!
lol I remember that reaction
It doesn't help that the song is about slavery...
@@greywolf9783 Not really, more like a greedy corporation
@@AverageProto "Oh Honestly? Did you not read the colony policy? That defines you as company property? That waivers your say in autonomy?"
It's about both "greedy corporation" and slavery. And while it's spot-on for the game, both the game and the song are showing the future of letting everything be decided by capitalism.
i absolutely loved this song and i even bought that ' we work to earn the right to work' poster from his merch store.
This song is more than a parody of a video game... it's a parody of life today.
The video game itself actually touches on real-life examples. Look up what company towns were, debt-slavery isn't at all a new concept.
And neither of them are dead
In fact wage slavery and full on slavery are alive and well
It's not a parody, it's a satire.
@@jmurray1110the old name for it is gone ( even though a bunch of rich people like elon want to bring it back ) indentured servitude
This has been the most calm reaction I’ve ever seen to a nerdcore rap. I’m into it ngl
damn never heard the full thing before. only heard this song in a tik tok where the guy was dressed as Walt Disney and was singing that bit about “oh honestly, did you not read the company policy that defines you as company property?” thing. mad song, this.
Stupendium is with upmost certainty my favorite musician. It is so unbelievably rare for me to hear one of his songs and not enjoy it. There are a couple from his early days, but every time he releases a new song, it's basically guaranteed to get added to my Spotify. And this... This song here... Is still one of my favorites from him.
7:32 is the face every single person who ever put their all into something just to be screwed by someone else who did much less.
Even after hearing the warning he still signed up.,
Another linguistic masterpiece from Stupes with dark undertones.
"i havent even progressed the plot" you should, the story has one of the most devastating plottwists i know from a videogame ^^
throw this in with sixteen tons and accouple others and you have the perfect playlist for work
this might be the most anti-capitalism song iv ever heard and i mean that as a good thing
Bro was slowly moving to the right the entire time lol
You are damned if you do you are damned if you don't is how i would describe listening to Stupendium music! Loving the video reaction and how you enjoyed the lyrics 🤩
Always loved this track, between the heavy tone and smooth flow, and that metal pounding back tempo to the chorus. Can't recall who called it this, but someone said it's quite the workers anthem. Really enjoyed your reactions and inputs on it. And yea that con in economy line is one that has really stuck with me. Most of his tracks will have a line or two that really stick with you.
Glad you found this song, it's a masterpiece.
I’ve memorized a ton of these songs and this is probably the only song ever that I like bc it’s good
I really enjoy your thoughts on the lyrics within the song. The number of layers within the songs is so immense. You give great feedback and you really take a deep dive into the meaning.
Something that I don't see any reactors talking about: the verses where the Moon Man's head is bouncing along with the words are depicted like that because they're literally the company lines. It's the propaganda you're supposed to sing along with!
This reminds me of the old song 'Sixteen Tons', a lament about the the bondage system of work.
The line "I owe my soul to the company store" is a reference to the truck system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers that could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store.
Every time this comes up on my RUclips I watch it. Stupendium is stupendous.
Great vid and song been listening to the stupendium for a few years this is definitely going to the playlist. I remember that bernie mac episode btw😂
Been waiting for you to cover this, one of my favorite stup songs behind his one on j Jonah Jameson
We work. To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to give
Ourselves the rights to buy
Ourselves the right to live
To earn the right to die.
6:50 more often than not "oh you are doing amazing", here's more work; the work load of others usually.
I’ve been waiting for this! This is one of my faves by him. You should check out his New Vegas one, and Spider-Man too.
Actually all his stuff is great tbh
This song reminds me of The USA
I'm so glad to see you checking out The Stupendium. He has so many great songs.
"No I in team but theres con in economy" goes insanely hard
I like the line if you're upset you can rent an apology. Has someone who worked retail for 13 years I can tell you that game really isn't that far off when it comes to the way corporations treat their employees
Glad you liked this so much, its the best of his work so far IMO. My 2 favs before this one were The House Always Wins and The We Happy Few song
I love the reactions lol, was bobbing my head together with him
DUDE this was rad! I think more people should check out their song 'Shelter from the Storm', a frostpunk song.
The Stupendium has three songs that for me expressed "the essence of humanity". One of them is similar to the topic of "fine print", this is "matter of factories", the remaining two are more positive - "gotta build a zoo" and "little rover". I can't wait for you to reach them :D
You sound great. I could listen to you for hours.
So I will
makes the crew behind the player's activities in Satisfactory look like bloody angels. :P
Im watching this on yt music
Work is mentioned 5 times in the chorus.... How many days in a Work week again?
I gotta tell you Dave that your voice is quite plesant to listen to. You should do a video of you just reading stories.
Geoff Castellucci just dropped Monster Mash. We all know what that means.
Yes sir! Reaction dropping tomorrow!
Catch 22 is "You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't"
check out his song "the fall guys" and yes Stupendium loves his social commentary..
Corporate indentured servitude. Let's fucking goooo
Welcome to the wondrous world of anti-capitalism, babes!
"I can't even bring my eyebrows down" IM WEAK!!
4:43
Factory workers who work 60 hours a week making femboy furry cat tails making $0.03 an hour
Great reaction!
There is a Rustage and Dan Bull cameo in this song that I think you didn't see
Nope! I missed it. Need to watch again. I was super focused on the lyrics haha.
@@whatitdodave Close to the end
The comment about performing better than your coworkers is funny to me because we got kicked out of our old apartment, because my mom was making too much money.
i loved this song, especially after i platinumed the game
I love this one, so good
this is my personal favourite by the stupendium
I love The Stupendium and so do my kids!
Choose two? That's if your lucky. Often it's only one.
One of my favorite. Feels like today's society.
Commenting for the algorithm gods
I love watching your reactions. Through you I heard a lot of great songs.
This song is just Capitalism in a nutshell
oh yeah
love The Stupendium ^_^
To earn the right to work!!!
you need to react to rouge's gallery I think its one of his best
check your mentions, Dave. I made fanart of you Dave
I told you he was good!
Great reaction bro! Now a song that I highly recommend is Metallica-Halo On Fire. Trust me, it’s a really epic song!
Aaaaagh the audio won't play? What happened? I know it's two years old. All other vids work grrr
what is the game ?
You should react to DanBull’s rap of The Outer Worlds tbh I prefer that over the others
hm....i gotta finish this game
This song was a nice break from the reality of modern music.
Who else thinks he looks like moanas dad?
Personally I prefer Dan Bulls song on outer worlds
Alaskan vs dave
Remember kid's communism killed I think a billion at this point... Who knows how many corporatism could kill
А зачем снимать видосы со своей реакцией на что-то? Это для идиотов, которые не способны сами определиться, как им реагировать?
Sounds like reaction videos are not for you.
Working harder and better than your coworkers only to be told that it costs a fee to be better because they want everyone equal is the epitome of taxing the rich harder to make them pay their fair share.
What you described about getting fined for doing too good is basic communism. All must be equal, no one can advance above their station.
This could not be more clearly about capitalism