"The Beautiful People" is a song from Marilyn Manson's third full length album, Antichrist Superstar, released as a single in September, 1996. An alternative metal hit written by Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, and produced by Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie and Marilyn Manson, its lyrics discuss two major themes: what Manson refers to as "the culture of beauty",Marilyn Manson, "How I Wrote "The Beautiful People", May 2005, Kerrang!, reported by [LINK: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=37436] Blabbermouth.net; last accessed September 24, 2006. and that culture's connection to Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of master-slave morality — the song's "weak ones", who are "always wrong", are oppressed by and "justify [LINK: the] existence of the strong" (the so-called beautiful people). The sing

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