It's interesting that Tolkien falls on the "modern" side of this divide, though it's confused by the presence of a society of monsters. I've always understood he was writing the "missing" English mythos.
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@gdsimms is probably right that Christianity has something to do with it. Universalism is something we get originally from Christianity.Show this thread
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The Star Wars universe is based on facism, yet is too industrialised for fascism to exist.
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it comes from somewhat flawed thinking about creating good from evil, of defeating nazis and bringing forth democracy rather than the wars existing in the transitional period.
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moldbug talked about this. total war is divine tho, from troy to jericho.
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