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What would've JRR Tolkien said if you'd told him that his works would become the equivalent of Norse mythology and Wagner to a new and even more embarrassing generation of Nazis (hexbear.net)

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Like if you'd told him that some turbodweeb would name his automated gestapo machine Palantir without a shred of irony, or some other dweeb naming a weapons company Anduril

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[–] ComradeRat@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

These two have interesting aspects of both his brainworms and his hatred of empire, industrialism, homogenisation, etc

He's basically the last gasp of old school reaction (feudalism reacting to and rejecting capitalism) in the west imo, modern reactionaries dont have any opposition to the capitalist project

[–] huf@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

he was a man who could walk through some trees and see elves. yeah, the last gasp of the medieval mind.

[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

And not only that, he used to be able to walk through those trees without being exhausted and ill as a result of a stroll. Losing that because of WW1 made him value that sense of magic so so deeply

[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

God I relate to that first section a lot. There's no place to escape the same tired discussions, no place where these stupid endless problems are solved. There is no escape from this hell.