I'd love for you to check out this video that was very popular on the Tel-lie-vision when I was growing up.

Thanks for the video. Have never seen it before.

My thoughts on it:
From naïve innocence, the path inevitably leads to the realisation that innocence is no guarantee of avoiding painful experiences. If the path from innocence leads to cynicism, then that is already one step further. I see the song as cynical, it picks up on the realisation of the person who discovers that there are powers in the world that are difficult to counter. They have power, so they have a lot of influence. That gives plenty of reason to be desperate or angry. Cynicism is one way of dealing with this, although it is not the best way. I think the song contains a hint of nihilism or fatalism, not sure, because if the world is an asshole, I can behave exactly like an asshole. The cynical joy of making something out of the act of displeasure is certainly familiar to many. The only question is what I get out of it in the long term. There is certainly an element of truth here, if it makes bigotry look like the antithesis of adherence to nothing.

One can interpret that the song shows just that and questions cynicism.