I always thought that #JRRTolkien's #Smaug was a metaphor for the #IndustrialAge and #WealthHoarding. It seems I'm not alone! #Tolkien was actually an #environmentalist and possibly a #socialist (though he describes himself as an #anarchist). Does that mean #LOTR will be banned by #Fascistic #Capitalists? Hmmmm...

#Dragonomics: Smaug and #ClimateChange

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Richard Fahey

Excerpt: "Today, we talk about dragons. I refer specifically to the greedy, northern (often fire-breathing) variety as described in Beowulf and featured in Tolkien’s #Hobbit, and I will consider how these monsters present #EnvironmentalCatastrophe as a direct result of #hoarding and #greed.

"My discussion of dragons and climate change continues my recent series of blogs interested in placing medieval literature (and in this case also modern medievalism) in conversation with current crises. This blog develops an earlier argument made in a paper at a 'Tolkien in Vermont' conference (2014), titled 'Dragonomics: Smaug and #Pollution on Middle-Earth,' in which I argue that pollution in Tolkien’s Hobbit is linked to both the literal destruction by the dragon, and the rampant greed that motivates Smaug and ultimately initiates the plunder and violence at the Battle of Five Armies."

Read more:
https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/2019/02/22/dragonomics-smaug-and-climate-change/#:~:text=I%20would%20argue%20that%20for%20Tolkien%E2%80%94whose%20environmentalism,promised%20wealth%20but%20delivered%20also%20ecological%20catastrophe.

#MiddleEarth #Capitalism #ClimateCrisis #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CapitalismMustDie

#Cheney and #Bush laid out the #railway for a #fascistic #America and now you see, what you've got. They thought, they were #Patriots, but in fact, they were #Liars like "good old" #Donald now. So I always wondered, why they mocked about #Trump, when they were already carved out of the same #Wood.

https://www.comicsands.com/mamdani-reacts-cheney-death?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

#BoycottParamount #FuckCBS #FuckSkydance

Way to go increasingly insignificant corporate media machine, take your shit product and stick it. #StoryTellers don't need you, audiences will not have their stories vetted by your #fascistic #oligarch overlords

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/paramount-condemns-israeli-film-boycott-1236516511/#

Is this #dystopian, #fascistic and #Orwellian enough for you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyKxfsk9dII