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Absolutely; Tolkien's superlative creativity was very much focused on the building of a comprehensive world mythology, which was not even remotely completed by the time of his death. Then again, it was very much a life-work which probably would never have ended even if he lived many, many more...

And my argument is that Sharkey's rule wasn't meant to be a good-faith attempt at any sort of government; it was literally intended to destroy the Shire out of sheer spite, because Saruman no longer had the power to do so by direct means after he was cast down and stripped of his power as a...

That doesn't sound like Communism so much as plain old tyranny, and we are talking *Saruman* here -- as in, literally a fallen angel seeking malicious revenge.

I fail to see how the Shire under Saruman was in any way Marxist. . .