The New Church of Political Correctness: William Blake, Roger Waters, and Eric Clapton Strike the Match
William Blake saw hell not as a place of punishment, but as a forge of passion and creativity. The real enemy was not the sinner, the outcast, or the free thinker. The true Satanic force was the institution that crushed the human spirit—be it the Church of his time or the ideological gatekeepers of today.
Blake would recognize our modern world as nothing more than an updated version of the same oppressive machinery. Instead of religious dogma, we have political correctness. Instead of priests enforcing purity, we have corporations, media outlets, and self-appointed moral enforcers policing every thought.
Rock Legends vs. The New Inquisition
Waters and Clapton—two legends of music, two voices that once symbolized freedom of expression—have been branded as heretics.
Roger Waters, a lifelong anti-war activist, gets labeled as a “problematic figure” because his critiques of power structures don’t follow the official script. He opposes war, but in the "wrong" way. He speaks about oppression, but not from the approved perspective. Result? Censorship, condemnation, and calls to silence him.
Eric Clapton, a man who spent decades being idolized for his music, suddenly became a pariah because he dared to challenge the dominant COVID narrative. He was labeled a crank, a dangerous influence, simply for having an independent opinion about bodily autonomy.
These are not small mistakes. They are mortal sins in the new religion of Political Correctness.
Blake's Prophecy: The System Always Finds a New Chain
The old church controlled sex. The new church controls speech.
The old church had the Inquisition. The new church has cancellation.
The old church had puritanical shame. The new church has social guilt.
Same oppression, different branding.
Blake understood this pattern: society creates myths to justify control. Yesterday, heretics were burned for questioning religious doctrine. Today, people like Waters and Clapton are digitally burned for questioning the new sacred narratives.
They are not just criticized—that would be fine. They are excommunicated.
Concert venues drop them.
Media calls them “dangerous.”
Former fans abandon them.
The message is clear: Obey or be erased.
Bread, Circuses, and the Illusion of Rebellion
Blake would have seen through the fake rebellion in modern pop culture. Today’s musicians are allowed to be "edgy" only in a way that reinforces the system's ideology.
Sing about sex? Fine.
Glorify nihilism and consumerism? Even better.
Question war, government overreach, or manufactured crises? You're done.
Blake’s greatest warning was that society pretends to offer freedom while secretly keeping people in chains. The entertainment industry today still sells the illusion of rebellion—but only rebellion that serves the establishment.
The Doors of Perception Are Shut
Blake wrote, If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is—infinite.
Political correctness closes those doors and replaces them with prefabricated narratives. It tells people what they must see, feel, and believe, regardless of their own perceptions.
Don’t like a political policy? You’re a bad person.
Don’t agree with a trend? You must be re-educated.
Don’t follow the script? You are not just wrong—you are evil.
Blake would have seen this forced morality as a direct attack on the soul. It is not enlightenment, not freedom, but a new form of mental and spiritual enslavement.
Burn It Down, Walk Away Free
Blake didn’t believe in reforming these systems. You do not fix a cage—you break it.
You do not politely ask permission to be free. You set the whole damn thing on fire and step outside.
What would Blake tell us today?
Do not be afraid of being called a heretic—be proud of it.
Do not obey out of fear—true virtue comes from inner conviction, not external coercion.
Do not be ashamed of your instincts, your passions, your individuality—these are the fires of life.
Do not live in fear of being labeled wrong—for what is called wrong today will be called truth tomorrow.
Blake, Waters, Clapton—they all saw the machine for what it is.
The question is: Do you?