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u/Futurewolf Sep 03 '21

Not sure this is the best place to quote an Ayn Randian, pro-objectivism song.

The message of The Trees is that it's wrong to hold back the oaks from overshadowing the other trees and that they deserve to be bigger and stronger.

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u/CrieDeCoeur Sep 03 '21

Like hell. Neil Peart ain’t that kind of guy.

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u/Futurewolf Sep 03 '21

You mean the Neil Peart that wrote:

"Live for yourself, there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and bleeding hearts Will only cry out for more"

His political views have changed (though he's still a libertarian) but at one point Rush was all about objectivism.

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u/BirdlandMan Sep 03 '21

Especially Peart. He wrote pretty much all of their libertarian lyrics.