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    1. Anton Jäger‏ @AntonJaegermm Jan 31

      Finding out that Tolkien was a soft Wagnerite and borrowed themes from the Nibelungen tetralogy (ring, dragon guarding gold) has only strengthened my belief in the thesis that the last LOTR instalment is just a neo-medieval rendition of Operation Barbarossa in which Hitler wins.

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    2. Anton Jäger‏ @AntonJaegermm Jan 31

      Nazism is a racial misalliance between the immiserated petty bourgeoisie (Hobbits) and the Junkers (elves), while the Orcs represent industrial mass men led into a developmental coalition with engineers (the wizards) by a Bonapartist leader (Sauron).

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    3. Anton Jäger‏ @AntonJaegermm Jan 31

      I will not be taking any questions

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Jan 31
      Replying to @AntonJaegermm

      Do you known about the Russian response to LOTR?

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    5. Anton Jäger‏ @AntonJaegermm Jan 31
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      I spend way too much time online but sadly I do not

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Jan 31
      Replying to @AntonJaegermm

      Russian novelist did a response where Orcs are heroes, mistreated by the Westerners.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer …

      1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
    7. David Delos‏ @DavidDelos4 Jan 31
      Replying to @HeerJeet @AntonJaegermm

      Which Orcs? Uruk-hai? Or the earlier schlubs? I find it hard to believe in Orcs being mistreated by anyone.

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    8. Anton Jäger‏ @AntonJaegermm Jan 31
      Replying to @DavidDelos4 @HeerJeet

      Uruk-hai is labour aristocracy or Stakhanovites

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    9. David Delos‏ @DavidDelos4 Jan 31
      Replying to @AntonJaegermm @HeerJeet

      That is so spot on ! I am so pissed that I did not think of it!

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Jan 31
      Replying to @DavidDelos4 @AntonJaegermm

      The novel in theory sounds great: a history from below of Middle Earth. Alas, Russian readers tell me it's not a good book (I assume an English translation has to wait till 2043, when copyright expires on LOTR).

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        1. David Delos‏ @DavidDelos4 Jan 31
          Replying to @HeerJeet @AntonJaegermm

          If native language readers find it depressing, I shan't wait. Thanks.

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        2. Tanel Pern‏ @daniel_charms Feb 1
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DavidDelos4 @AntonJaegermm

          It's been available in English since 2010. Btw, Eskov's Orcs have become a part of Russian nationalist mythology where Mordor is equated with Russia. While some keep to his depiction of Orcs as noble and bright, others seem to revel in the crudeness and malevolence of Tolkien's.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 1
          Replying to @daniel_charms @DavidDelos4 @AntonJaegermm

          That's almost like a parable about nationalism.

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