"We simply can't afford to take the entire potential audience and toss away any of it!"

Nope - only the fascist element. Just been listening to Dick Gaughan CD - that's political folk music for you, especially his version of Leon Rossellson's World Turned Upside Down. That song would suit Peasant - he's upside down with his head in the sand and his arse in the air, with a large 'Kick Me' sign on it.