All refer to social strife. Our social status has gone from right out of the hippie era, in the early 1970's, to a society that is completely superficial. The hippies had their flaws, but at least they were concerned about the welfare of their fellow man. Today people are withdrawing from one another. We have an increase in the amount of hours you have to work to make a living wage, and a decrease in social health.
People are less healthy today than they've ever been before.
And more people are covered by insurance. So here we've created a small technological wonder, the Internet, and we have a crumbling society beneath it. A true Bad Religion fan will notice something a little different about No Substance. Collectively, the album feels a little more natural. This was no accident.