Popular Culture Review Vol. 15, No. 1 | Page 115

Stars and Stripes of Corruption 111 cause them to turn against others and begin a process of increasing destructiveness” (26). An important component of Dead Kennedys’ critique of fascistic America involves the group’s unwavering antiwar stance. For example, in the 1986 song, “Potshot Heard Round the World,” the band chastises not only the American armed forces for turning people into killing machines, but also lannbastes a human species that historically has been hell-bent on destroying itself. Biafra wails: Hey! Yo! We’re the United States Marines we know you’ve all been killing each other for at least two thousand years . . . We want people boiling for revenge in their living rooms so we can play shoot-em-up anywhere we choose and our backers can cash in without the public asking questions. Meanwhile, the 1986 antiwar song, “Rambozo the Clown,” argues that America teaches its children to glorify war through mass-mediated messages, toys, and video games. The song states: War is sexy war is fun iron