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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Nothing hypocritical about a world famous multimillionaire writing a song in order to make more money by telling all the poor people to give up their attachment to possessions and material goods, but also expecting them all to pay the premium for his album, right?
gpt
It's about imagining a better world. That's it. The only thing it's "telling poor people to do" is to also imagine a better world.

How rich do you have to be before you lose your right to wish that the world was more fair? Why would that be a bad message for people with less money?

Also, why this song? Why Lennon? Musicians in the following decades made waaaaaay more money than he ever did. Does this criticism apply to all the other thousands of rich, idealistic musicians from the last 50 years.