I’ve started a petition on Change.org. What needs to change? The national anthem. Regardless of how patriotic you are, the pride of this song is not appropriate for 2022. Unlike in Francis Scott Key’s time, we can’t even claim to be fighting the British monarchy—these days we can’t even spurn the Saudi monarchy, in spite of Biden having promised to do that before he got elected.
What is appropriate? The hip-hop landmark that cited “double digit inflation” and the fallout of the first vicious wave of neoliberalism. Please sign if you believe the national anthem of the United States of America needs to be changed to “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
I hope you are not serious.