Libertarian Party Hobbit Caucus

TBT the Bounders taking potshots at Tom Bombadil because he wanted to get a pint in the Shire

IYKYK

Sharkey’s got great signing bonuses 🤡

Capitalism, Fascism, and the Wisdom of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Washington Institute As last century wound to a close, author and scholar Tom Shippey published J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, one of the most important works in the field of Tolkien studies. In the book, Shippey ...

For those folks who appreciate the wisdom of #jrrtolkien and #middle-earth here is a new piece I had published just this morning on Tolkien’s insights gleaned in the 20th century and how he portrayed fascism and tyranny and capitalism in his writings: washingtoninst.org/capitalism-f...

a man with long white hair and a beard says to war Alt: Saruman says to war

uwu he’s just a smol bean and it’s his birthday

To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war!

Someone ask us what happens next after you start arresting Mayors

We are looking at a state with a half million potential Lobelia Sackville-Bagginses about to have their umbrella moments

a man with long white hair and a beard looks very surprised Alt: Saruman with comically shifty eyes

Saruman putting a tariff on the Shire to stop his trade deficit in pipeweed like

What did we know

a group of trees are standing in a foggy area Alt: a moot of ents is standing against the flood they have unleashed into isengard

The OG Antifa Super-Soldiers:

“I'll give you Sharkey, you dirty thieving ruffians”

a man with long white hair and a beard says to war Alt: Saruman shouts “to war!!!” at his army

"It seems that Saruman made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazgûl salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge."

the salute:

Citing Moorcock on Tolkien is like citing Pullman on Lewis.

Who are you trying to find / what starter packs and feeds have you tried?

“Flotsam and Jetsam”-ass economy

Haven’t seen current influx yet but the Hoppeans / Mises Caucus crowd are 100% fash or “fellow travelers”

We are still mad that “libertarians” ruined the word libertarian

Is Quincy Institute still doing anything?

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fusionists be like

would and in fact did

When you’re looking at Durin’s throne room a mile under Caradhras we call that the “Deep State”