I did not see this in the lyrics, all I saw was no more oak oppression and all trees are equal hatchet Ax and saw. I did not look at it from your view point. I will attempt to do so. I always thought of it as liberal thinking, even when I was a kid. As far as tress go, I cannot put myself into the person you describe. I thought he was preaching socialism. there are no words describing his anger of it....
I can see why you thought that. Liberal Rush fans love to interpret it that way so they don't have to face the fact that Neil Peart hates socialism. But he does. In fact, it was his liner notes on the 2112 album about Ayn Rand that got me to read Atlas Shrugged. And thus I found the connection between Rush the radio host and Rush the band -- rugged individualism. He's also a pretty good prose writer.. he's written a few travel books that I loved.
But I ramble.