# Sympathy for the Devil and some enigmatic lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 21, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915 "2025-03-21T15:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915/18 "2025-03-21T19:44:26Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > But we, as a society, create such weirdos with guns. This may be getting a bit off topic, but I suspect there have always been local strongmen/warlords. What perhaps has changed is that in the aftermath of WW2 in which guns became mass produced, automatic weapons are now vastly easier to obtain. So the warlords can extend their reach more easily with fewer followers because of the force multiplier effect. > [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/3230): > > Prior to the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan it was en vogue for British hippies to travel overland by bus from Paris to the Far East, sampling the exotic delights along the way, It is one of the enduring regrets of my life that I never did the backpack gap year &/or the hippie trail after university when it was still possible. The world seems to have gotten much more dangerous since then… But we should probably move that discussion to a different thread, --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915)._