The Politics of Lord of the Rings: The Forgotten Conservatism of Middle-Earth

This is a video about the politics of Lord of the Rings, and how capitalism has made its version of conservatism impossible in the United States today. It's been many years since I have made a video, so have mercy on the rough production values. Check out my newsletter here: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/#/portal/.... Also I have a podcast:   / leftanchor   Copyrighted material from the Lord of the Rings films, Eric Hobsbawm, Darius Rejali, and George Scialabba is cited in brief under fair use. Other credits: -French Revolution, By Jean-Pierre Houël - Bibliothèque nationale de France, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... -Griffiths, Samuel, editor of "The London Iron Trade Exchange" https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... -Rafa Esteve - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... -By Myrabella - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... -Charts from Matt Bruenig: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/... https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/...