@brushy@snouts.online Funny thing about The Trees and 2112...

They're left open in terms of interpretation. The Trees shows that Destruction due to Differences is the cause of suffering and that Two Wrongs don't make a Right. 2112 advises against selling the individual Soul to achieve a conformist society.

And then it's Revisited in Clockwork Angels, with the experience that 40 years of Rock and Roll gives you.

The Early rush stuff isn't supposed to be Perfect, it's supposed to showcase that you can go through phases and beliefs and be Honest in them, but still grow Beyond them.

Neil Peart is as close to a good masculine role model as this world really has to offer. Seduced by visions of individual ascendancy in his 20s, but speaking of The Garden and Forgiveness in his 60s, after seeing what goes Awry.