1. Guthrie's message is collectivist. The second-to-last stanza proves this. "As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking / is this land made for you and me?" It is also individualist. Although he acknowledges collectivism, it is also very individualist. He is speaking about what he is doing on his own and is also addressing our American people. We are free and individual and ourselves as well as together and dependent and reliant on each other.
2. I find this song to be anti-government. He seems to be questioning it and criticizing it. In the second-to-last stanza, he is appaleed at the hungry people and why no one has done anything about it.
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