"APOCALYPSE NOW" (1979) is Francis Ford Coppola's epic meditation on the insanity of the Vietnam War.
He particularly skewers military imperialism in a sequence where U.S. soldiers seize a beach just for some surfing recreation. When asked why, the off-sane Officer (Robert Duvall) scoffs that the Vietcong are no threat because "Charlie don't surf."
Joe Strummer, who traveled the world as a child with his diplomat father, put the political consciousness into Punk music.
He used the line as the title of a song mocking American Imperialism with such lines as,
"Everybody wants to rule the world
Must be something we get from birth"
THE CLASH -"Charlie Don't Surf" (1981)
A few years later, Strummer approached Roland Orzabal, saying he'd nicked the title for TEARS FOR FEARS own hit, "so give us a fiver".
Roland smiled and paid up.
TEARS FOR FEARS -"Everybody Wants To Rule the World" (1985)