“Born in the USA”
Bruce Springsteen wrote “Born in the USA” about his anger towards the country’s treatment of Vietnam veterans. He said in an interview with Rolling Stone, “you think about all the young men and women that died in Vietnam, and how many died since they’ve been back.
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You have to think that, at the time, the country took advantage of their selflessness.” Despite the protest in his lyrics, the song gets played in the airways almost daily and even gets played patriotically in baseball games. The question is, who is playing the joke on who?