The
message of "Beasts of England" is universal. It is a call to arms for poor, repressed
masses, wherever they may be, to throw off the shackles of oppression and stand up to tyranny.
The song's universal message means that it can apply to a variety of different situations,
whether it's in the case of farm animals overthrowing the hated human oppressor or the masses of
Eastern Europeans rising up in the late 1980s and early '90s to end several decades of Communist
rule.
Both Animalism and Communism set themselves up as liberating
ideologies, yet both provided the basis for repressive regimes that turned against the very
groups in society whose interests they were meant to serve. The inspiring lyrics of "Beasts
of England" act as a reminder of the promise of all emancipatory ideologies and what can
happen to the "Tyrant Man" if that promise is not fulfilled.
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