The Sanders Surge

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

I see Lord of the Rings as quite very-old-school European conservative in ideology. Like, monarchist? And the Scouring of the Shire chapter can be read as endorsing violent insurrection by militias led by war veterans....

It can also be read as an insurgency aimed at throwing out an invader and defeating the local goon squad the invader created to enforce his totalitarian will.

Interesting that Peter Jackson left it out of his film.