Commentary
There has been some confusion over the theme of Oliver Anthony’s song “Rich Men North of Richmond.” On the one hand, he was merely singing his intuitive sense that the wealthy and privileged in Washington seem to be faring quite well while the rest of the country is suffering. He suggests, not implausibly, that they’re living parasitically off everyone else. In later interviews, he clarified that he wasn’t making a partisan point and that Republicans are as guilty as Democrats.
