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To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Yeah, i thought it was castigating socialism for cutting down innocent trees.

Spartacus, what are you trying to say? Dont do a drive-by post, stay and hash it out
20 posted on 05/20/2003 9:20:30 AM PDT by CaptainJustice (Dangerous Jesus Lover)
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To: CaptainJustice
I'm fairly sure (just from reading the lyrics; I know nothing of Rush's political views) that this is meant to satirize the levelling principle of which Russell Kirk wrote:

"The only true forms of equality are equality at the Last Judgment and equality before a just court of law; all other attempts at levelling must lead, at best, to social stagnation. Society requires honest and able leadership; and if natural and institutional differences are destroyed, presently some tyrant or host of squalid oligarchs will create new forms of inequality."

24 posted on 05/20/2003 9:22:05 AM PDT by The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
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