I'm not in sympathy with Communism except for populations which are in a state of peasantry, actually hungry and starving. The ideal state for me is some form of Socialism, which doesn't yet exist, as far as I know, which doesn't repress the arts, or any race. Consequently I'm not a political person. . . except that I'm a revolutionary.
Folks out in the country couldn't afford to pay for anybody else to make music. They had to make their own. So the peasantry had their music, and it was about a hundred years ago given the name "Folk music".
To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.
There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.
The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry.