“Burns was trying to tear down the influence of the church, thus aiding socialistic ideas.”
There was no separation of chuch & state in Scotland then, he would have fit in nicely during the American Revolution - and clearly sided with the people in the French Revolution - to be fair the commies didn’t come around till well after his death.
Interesting points though.
Burns’ bohemian lifestyle wouldn’t have put him in good stead with the Founding Fathers. His strident anti-churchism would also have made him unpopular. The French Revolution was more his style. Even Thomas Jefferson came to renounce the French Revolution for its over-the-top mob rule.
The seeds of communism were born in the French revolution.