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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jul-2025 04:21:04 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   *Well, yeah... Tolkien hobbit politics are indeed kind of obvious if you ever bother to think about them

   https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/the-moral-economy-of-the-shire/

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     A Tattered Scrapbook (tattered@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jul-2025 07:31:46 JST A Tattered Scrapbook

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     @bruces I find it interesting that most of the Tolkien fans I have met over the past few years have *also* been keen supporters of Musk, Trump, RFK, …

     The idyllic squirearchy will return once the King and his faithful have removed the Others.

     I doubt it helps anyone to handle the horrors of ICE, but it is, in my experience, how such people see themselves; as the Fellowship of the Ring.