What do you make of the fable at the heart of The Trees and the point it seems to be arguing?

Hemispheres by Rush · The Sonically Addicted Collective

its a political thing, very obviously. Id love to look at the Canadian political history of the 70s to see if he was referencing anything in particular.

Recordhound668/22

The lame brained, fascist-lite nonsense of Ayn Rand

EricM8/23

@Recordhound66 I don’t think Peart really hit his stride as a lyricist until much later. But yes, it is like a combo of Rand and Tolkien. The maples with join forces with the elven folk while the mighty oaks stand with the humans!! “Oppression!” Cry the elves.