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Originally Posted by Bergil
I am not insulting you or saying that you are unarguably wrong. just clearing that up.
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No offense taken, my friend.
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Originally Posted by Bergil
That's going a bit too far.
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Actually, as
Kuruharan says (thanks for that reference, Kuru), Tolkien's
Letter #52 demonstrates his preference for monarchy:
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My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs) - or to 'unconstitutional' Monarchy. I would arrest anybody who uses the word State (in any sense other than the inanimate realm of England and its inhabitants, a thing that has neither power, rights nor mind); and after a chance recantation, execute them if they remained obstinate! If we could get back to personal names, it would do a lot of good. Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people. If people were in the habit of referring to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang', it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.
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Yes, there's a lot of tongue-firmly-in-cheek sarcasm in this; yet his meaning is clear.
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Collectivism isn't a philosophy written somewhere, like democracy or communism, but more of a mindset.
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Really!?!?!?
Don't forget about Karl Marx.