For decades, people have fought over John Lennon’s legacy. Was he the wide-eyed dreamer of Imagine? Was he the radical who sang “Power to the People”? Or was he something else entirely?
If you cut through the mythology and actually listen to what Lennon said in the final years of his life, the truth is clear: John Lennon was moving away from slogans, away from phoniness, and away from politics-as-theater. He wanted reality. He wanted truth. And if you bring that mindset into today’s world, it doesn’t take much imagination to see where he’d land.
John Lennon would not be standing with the woke left. He wouldn’t be parroting their slogans, clapping for their feelings, or bowing to their elites. He would be with normal people — with truth over lies, with reality over fantasy.
Lennon Grew Up With Reality, Not Fantasy
Unlike most of today’s elite activists, Lennon actually grew up working-class. Liverpool in the 1940s and 50s wasn’t a playground of privilege. His childhood was marked by loss, strict rationing, and the grit of a postwar city. He saw hardship firsthand. That matters, because people who grow up in real conditions don’t fall as easily for ideological fantasies. Lennon could play with slogans for a while — but he always had that working-class skepticism in his bones. He knew when people were faking it. He knew when elites were full of it. Fast forward to today: the left is run by people who’ve never been hungry, never worked a real job, never had to pay their own bills. Lennon wouldn’t have fit into their world of safe spaces and endless hashtags. He came from a harder, sharper place.The Slogan Phase Didn’t Last
Yes, in the early 1970s, Lennon embraced the radical phase. He did the bed-ins. He wrote protest songs. He hung around activists who loved having a Beatle in their corner. But even then, there was a difference: Lennon wasn’t polished, and he wasn’t blindly loyal to anyone’s party line. He was raw, sarcastic, and suspicious. He liked ideas, but he hated being used. By the late 1970s, he admitted a lot of it was naive. He said outright that he had been manipulated. He didn’t want to be anyone’s puppet. He didn’t want to carry signs for other people’s movements. That’s the turning point — Lennon rejecting slogans and posturing. And once you’ve rejected empty slogans, you’ve rejected the very core of what drives the modern left.Truth Over Fantasy
“All I want is the truth… Just gimme some truth.” Lennon sang those words with fire in his voice. He wasn’t begging for slogans or parties to save him — he was demanding reality. He also said, “I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.” That wasn’t partisan spin. It was raw honesty. And what do we see today?- The left says men can be women if they just declare it.
- The left says crime is caused by policing, not criminals.
- The left says billionaires flying private jets are somehow “saving the planet.”
- The left says speech is violence, but actual violence is “mostly peaceful.”
Lennon Wouldn’t Buy Woke Nonsense
Take a look at some of the key obsessions of the modern left and ask yourself: would John Lennon really be on board?- Gender ideology: Lennon was blunt, sarcastic, and cutting. He mocked pretension wherever he saw it. If you told him men could have babies, he wouldn’t nod politely. He’d laugh in your face.
- Climate cults: Lennon spent his life calling out phonies. Do you think he’d have respected billionaires who lecture the working class about “sustainability” while living in mansions? He’d have written a song tearing them to shreds.
- Defund the police: Lennon grew up in a rough city. He knew what real crime looked like. He wouldn’t have supported disarming the people trying to protect neighborhoods while criminals run wild.
- Cancel culture: Lennon pushed boundaries constantly. He insulted religion, mocked politics, and ripped apart hypocrisy. He’d be canceled on Twitter before lunch. No way would he have supported a culture that silences people for jokes.
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