Sunday, October 30, 2011

Woodie Guthrie- "This Land is Your Land"

His message seems collectivist in the beginning because he is talking about everyone sharing the land which is an ideal of a collectivist culture. However, his main message is individualist because in the second to last verse, he says "Is this land made for you and me?" He is questioning whether our country is truly collectivist or not.
This song is anti-government because he is talking about the fact that "nobody living can ever stop me" which is what government is there to do. Control people.

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