1. KilroywasNOTHere

    Commentary: The downfall: Tolkien’s warning against a corrupted empire and what the American right can learn from it

    not officially in the literal sense (Yet though it would not surprise me considering the return to mysticism we are seeing among millennials and Gen Zers), because they don't have that level of power but by all practical purposes. yes. They don't refer to Gaia (That's my doing) but they do...
  2. KilroywasNOTHere

    Commentary: The downfall: Tolkien’s warning against a corrupted empire and what the American right can learn from it

    It's funny how you mentioned the increasingly draconian laws of parks as they've unfolded over the years, as reading about them and their enforcement was what made it click in my head that it wasn't about preserving nature for future generations as much as a slow boiling pot to eliminating the...
  3. KilroywasNOTHere

    Commentary: The downfall: Tolkien’s warning against a corrupted empire and what the American right can learn from it

    eh hot take but I honestly think that was the right call. I think LOTR would have lost a lot of its awe and allure if it was yet another origin myth (essentially small scale creation stories used to describe why things in nature and society exist in their current form). as LOTR is right now...
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