War, War Never Changes Thinking about the days of the draft always seems to send a chill to bone of dying in an foreign nation where your very far from your love ones and your no "fortunate son" when you're in line for duty. In the generation of the 60's and 70's, an unpopular war was raging in Vietnam, countless young men were drafted into service to fight the NVA forces from uniting the country under the forces of communism and contain the philosophy from spreading outside of the containment zone. "Fortunate Son" by Creedance Clearwater Revival sought to reveal many of the recruits were young men from the lower class and men born in wealthy, upper families avoided military service. Even in the war, the military continues to seek a large
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Detailing on "Some folks are born silver spoon in hand", the silver spoon remains a well known idiom depicting people who grew up in a wealthy family never endured the labor of a working man. People who grew up in the working class normally reside in the middle to lower class go to work almost every day for years know the hard, cruel reality of life, while a person born in a family with great affluence would never understand the pains of the working class. Now the wealthy will use different viable methods for example "the house looks like a rummage sale", possessions in homes were often sold or hidden from sight from the "taxman" to lower or avoid paying the high tax rate. The avoidance of tax evasion details how the wealthy tried to escape in paying their fair shares to society and even forgo contributing to war time efforts by not sending their children to war when the middle to lower class were sacrificing their own sons. Another detail in "Fortunate Son" deals with "Some folks inherit star spangled eyes", providing an insight with some people who eschew extreme patriotism and loyalty to their country. The idea of extreme patriotism provides a general idea, where people are willing to lay down their life to preserve the nation and willing to blindly follow orders from anyone residing in the presidential seat. The images greatly enhanced the message "Fortunate Son" portrayed by providing various examples on the affluent and patriotism in an another
Detailing on "Some folks are born silver spoon in hand", the silver spoon remains a well known idiom depicting people who grew up in a wealthy family never endured the labor of a working man. People who grew up in the working class normally reside in the middle to lower class go to work almost every day for years know the hard, cruel reality of life, while a person born in a family with great affluence would never understand the pains of the working class. Now the wealthy will use different viable methods for example "the house looks like a rummage sale", possessions in homes were often sold or hidden from sight from the "taxman" to lower or avoid paying the high tax rate. The avoidance of tax evasion details how the wealthy tried to escape in paying their fair shares to society and even forgo contributing to war time efforts by not sending their children to war when the middle to lower class were sacrificing their own sons. Another detail in "Fortunate Son" deals with "Some folks inherit star spangled eyes", providing an insight with some people who eschew extreme patriotism and loyalty to their country. The idea of extreme patriotism provides a general idea, where people are willing to lay down their life to preserve the nation and willing to blindly follow orders from anyone residing in the presidential seat. The images greatly enhanced the message "Fortunate Son" portrayed by providing various examples on the affluent and patriotism in an another