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.
No, we all learned something here tonight... And for what it is worth, I never took the safety off!