[RansomOttawa]

Nice essay. Not that "The Trees" is hard to grasp; I came to the same understanding as Adams the first time I heard it, in my teens, with little knowledge of ecomonics or political science, and none of Ayn Rand.

It's a lesser-known fact that here in Canada, "The Trees" is often assumed to be about Quebec separatism.

[Boogieman]

“It’s a lesser-known fact that here in Canada, “The Trees” is often assumed to be about Quebec separatism.”

If that’s what he was going for, he should have made the maples be the “lofty” ones.