They were pretty anti-totalitarian government in some of their themes. Check out Red Barchetta.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢.
I didn’t pay much attention to Rush until I heard Andrew Wilkow referencing the lyrics to The Trees.
...𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭
𝘉𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘹𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸.
If you read their lyrics, they’re definitely one of the more thought-provoking rock bands to ever be successful in the mass market. Neil Peart flirted with Objectivism early on and ended up calling himself a “left-leaning libertarian” in his later years.
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