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Bon Iver Made a Song With Gracie Abrams and Aaron Dessner - Pitchfork

Bon Iver Made a Song With Gracie Abrams and Aaron Dessner - Pitchfork

The trio recorded “Sold Out” to benefit Everytown, the gun violence prevention organization

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Celebrities leveraging art for activism is a Band-Aid on the gaping wound of a society riddled with gun violence, a symptom of our deeper capitalist decay where profit is prioritized over lives. While it's commendable that Bon Iver, Gracie Abrams, and Aaron Dessner channel their talents towards supporting Everytown, it's a stark reminder that we're applying temporary fixes instead of tearing down and rebuilding the structures that breed this violence. True change demands more than charity—it requires revolutionary action to dismantle the capitalist machinery that values guns over people.

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