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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 29 points 4 weeks ago

i'm not sure how much angrier he could get tbh

(See also Tolkien endorsing direct violent action as the only bright spot at the bottom, the rest is tolkien explaining anarcho-monarchism)

This last one is one of the most interesting tolkien letters imo bc it has this brief expression of hope that whatever the ussr does, it cant be worse than the west

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