Was Tolkien an Anarchist?

Corey Olsen, president of Signum University and popularly known as The Tolkien Professor online, dissects a quote from one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s letters in which he describes himself as an anarchist. What Tolkien meant by the term was quite different from the conception of anarchists as bomb-throwing agents of chaos. What he objected to was the exertion of control by some men over others. This view is reflected in his depiction of The Shire, in which hobbits live peacefully together with almost no formal government, not even a police force. Watch Kibbe on Liberty on BlazeTV: https://blazetv.com/kibbe Follow Kibbe on Liberty on Facebook:   / kibbeblazetv   Follow Free the People on YouTube:    / freethepeople   Follow Free the People on Twitter:   / freethepeople   Follow Free the People on Instagram:   / freethepeople   Follow Free the People on Facebook:   / freethepeople   Visit Free the People's Website: https://freethepeople.org Kibbe on Liberty is a weekly podcast with libertarian author, economist, and community organizer Matt Kibbe. As the president of Free the People, Kibbe has decades of experience in the libertarian political sphere, but in these troubled times he believes that open dialogue is needed to bring people together. This means being willing to talk, and especially listen, to those with whom we might not always agree, trying to understand perspectives that might otherwise be foreign to us. Kibbe on Liberty's growing roster of guests includes politicians, economists, comedians, writers, radio personalities, activists, journalists, and even a magician or two—with topics of conversation ranging from current affairs to craft beer and the Grateful Dead. So grab a cold one, and settle in for the next hour of Kibbe on Liberty, mostly honest conversations with mostly interesting people.