Country music is the Capitalist perversion of folk music through it's focus away from the people and onto nationalist and consumerist concepts.
Also Folk music as a proletarian music evolved into jazz, blues, punk, and later rap. no I don't write the rules.
extra extra spicy take because I think it's funny
Folk music is to Proletarian Patriotism as Country music is to Capitalist Nationalism.
Is that my actual opinion?
No. I think this is what the patsoc nerds are trying to say in a very poorly worded manner.
Since you're still here, wanna listen to a song from Paul Robeson? The guy Woody Guthrie wrote a song for in the above song?
Here you go, it's The Soviet National Anthem sung in English by Paul Robeson
I must repeat for the record that there are still lots of crusty weirds in greasy jeans playing steel guitars.