• PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          To me that reads as a guy (Tolkien) coming to grips with reality about a handful of things but then stopping short. Wishing to retreat, really, to a “simpler” time, from his perspective (read: lib shit, tbh). His “anarchism” seems real, in that he sees clearly the fundamental issue with humans operating in a deeply articulated government structure - those who see it as a game, game it well.

          Not exactly defending the guy, I don’t actually know him lol, but there wasn’t much “and that’s why monarchy should be preferred”, I was kinda looking to see what he’d say there. Seemed more just “and people doing more of their own governance happened and was clearly better under a smaller “state”. Like a good old fashioned monarchy, I liked that better and not just me, wasn’t that better? record-scratch-noise

          So I guess on balance I read “anarcho-lib-shit” over “anarcho-monarchism” overall lol 🤷‍♂️

          [Edit to add - thanks for the share, not grumping at ya, just enjoying what ya shared]

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            In other words, what was Aragorn’s tax policy? Tolkien never says because he refuses the reality that a king needs one.

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    They have names. Select «History» to find out exactly.

    The AnFash perspective does squarely lie in fascism. You don’t need a monopoly on violence to have supremacy over minorities. Rightfully, the praxis should be called “decentralized fascism.” Or “DecenFash.”

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    This is just called a cult, most probably a death cult. Freedom to be happily exploited by a leader

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    I find drinking can get the particularly stupid creative juices flowing in ways other things can’t when trying to create nonsense.