Lord of the Rings and fascist fantasy

The desire for the Return of the King, and the idolization of the pre-modern, pre-scientific world in Tolkien’s myth certainly share elements of fascist fantasy

I like to take on non-controversial topics that won’t get me into trouble with reactionary fandoms of famous fantasy authors.

So when I’m not critiquing the sentence structures of Brandon Sanderson, I like to explore the relationship between JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and fascism.

The most obvious connection is the Nazi affection for Wagner’s RING cy…