Courtesy of Sgt. Mom we have a lovely analysis of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy in relation to current events.

Yet I think that all of that sublime, overly complex analysis really misses the thrust of Tolkien’s trilogy. It’s not about the synthesis of the individual. Lord of the Rings is about war. More specifically, it’s a warning to the Western Democratic world, in fable form, about what happens when good people ignore obvious, menacing evil because, hey, it can’t hurt us here, right?

It really is a wonderful piece - go read the whole thing!

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