The Deconstruction of Middle-Earth
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Tolkien is more than a right-wing prophet.
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| 1:02.0 | Well, during MS-MBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention, |
| 1:07.0 | anchor Rachel Maddow noted that Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance |
| 1:11.0 | had named his venture capital firm after a magic ring from the |
| 1:15.4 | Lord of the Rings series, the epic work from J.R.R. Tolkien. |
| 1:19.0 | According to Madow, and I quote here, Lord of the Rings is a sort of favorite |
| 1:23.1 | Cosmos for naming things and cultural references for a lot of far right |
| 1:27.6 | and alt-right figures, both in Europe and the United States. |
| 1:31.8 | Peter Teal names all things after Tolkien figures and places, like his company |
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