Exactly. I really don't get how people think that only people who are poor and in rags aren't sellouts. This is the simple-mindedness that has permeated American culture. Utterly ridiculous.

What? What about empathy? What about understanding that other people are still struggling even if you're not? That doesn't make you a hypocrite. It makes you an empowered voice. If they end up making a few bucks in the process. Well, isn't that how the capitalist pig system works? If anyone is going to make money off…

A lot of people have short-term memories when it comes to the atmosphere that existed in those days. Let me guess, a lot of these critics were probably 12 years old and glued to their playstation during that time.

Apparently you missed the tongue-in-cheek sarcasm behind the fake British accent, as well as in the lyrics. It's ok, not everyone is supposed to get it.

I can answer the question just fine. If you can't see the correlation of what was going on in "America" with what was happening with the central characters of the album, then maybe you didn't listen to it enough. Go ahead, give it another try, troll-boy.

Thank you.

You apparently didn't keep up with the presidential election of 2004.

Listen to it maybe?

Thank you!

WHAT? Nobody else was bitching about the stupidity that was overtaking the US at the time Green Day came out with AI. And the funny part is this comedy-hack totally misses the point of the album! The American Idiot wasn't GWB, it's the IDIOTS who voted enough for him to squeak by and win! TWICE!!