As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, rockers are coming out of the woodwork with hot takes on the proceedings. Case in point: John Dolmayan, drummer for System of a Down, Dolmayan took to Instagram to call out potential Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders for he believes to be hypocritical statements.
"Childcare / free , healthcare / free, university/ free. F*ck it , if everything’s going to be free and it’s all going to come from the rich anyway then why work at all? Why not just live off the work and profits of the rich? I’m a millionaire and so is Bernie but I only have two houses so maybe I can share this hypocrite’s 'summer camp.' Don’t believe the indoctrination, don’t believe Hollywood/ music elites , and don’t believe communism disguised as democratic socialism will do anything but strip you of your freedoms and make everyone equally destitute. Venezuela, China, North Korea , Nazi Germany, Cambodia (Pol Pot) , Italy ( Mussolini ) , etc. It doesn’t work , it will not work , and it always leads to poverty for the working class. The same elites pushing this agenda will be well taken care of while the rest of the people starve."
Ironically(?), System of a Down singer Serj Tankian continues to be a fervent Sanders supporting, sharing a pro-Sanders message the same day that his band's drummer was lashing out at the same politician.
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