I'm currently re-listening to anti thatcher protest songs
by British inner city reggae artists from the late 70s/early 80s...

..the last era [punk,ska,reggae] of genuine reality based underclass protest singing...???

In 2020, is it now asking too much of a new generation of predominantly middle class,
probably private schooled educated, folk singers,
that they can be a credible voice of working class protest and resistance...???

How can they not be mere role players, writing songs based on news headlines
and uni politics courses...

Still, anything's better than nothing I suppose;
and probably not that different to middle class folk protest singers of the 1960s revival...