Born in the U.S.A., too

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it takes the ability to sit down and place one's self into the spectrum of history to understand how history is unfolding itself, presently. bruce springsteen is incredible -- yet he fails to see how his talents could only be celebrated and applauded in a nation such as the one for which he seems to feel shame -- at least currently. instead recognizing luck and privilege that he was an ironic ant amongst the masses -- able to create music for the masses -- he fails to see the big picture of the opportunity america has allowed him. i'd ask him, if he was to chat with alice, who his favorite iraqi musicians are. i'd want to join him in a conversation about the evolution of song in islamic culture because i'd be interested in how he'd address the fact that america's music industry is where it is, but industries of music in the rest of the world-- middle east? -- might not exist. why? if he could answer this, or at least contemplate this, i'd look forward to the, perhaps, art he could then create. he is a genius. nebraska is one of my favorite albums, too. he created that out of a murdering frenzy -- boredom. imagine what he could make from the heavier thinking of this question: why is it you can make music that has meaning and people buy it? why is it we're not buying taliban tunes?