This song is about how the media is used to distract people from problems in the real world.
Despite the song's subject, it appeared on the soundtrack for the 1998 remake of the film Godzilla. One line Zack de la Rocha says in the song is, "Godzilla pure motherf--kin' filler, Keeps your eyes off the real killer."
Zack de la Rocha refers to America as "Fourth Reich Culture" in the song. He is calling the US an empire who is forcing its culture on the rest of the world who does not want it. Historically, the First Reich is the Roman Empire, the Second Reich is the German Empire, and the Third Reich is Nazi Germany.
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