Who paid for this? There’s a certain meme that I see making the rounds on Facebook every so often about the bucolic nature of life in the Shire, from Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord o…

An interesting analysis of Tolkein’s descriptions of Hobbits. Quite a lot of quotes/citations. It really cuts through the whole “hobbits are anarchists” theory.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlBanned from communityEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Bilbo and Frodo were literal kulaks while Merry and Pippin came from kulak clans. Sam was a textbook class traitor.