And, of course, vice-versa.
Actually I don't see Tolkien as anti-progress. Rather I think that he was opposed to blind surgings forward (often called "progress" by those leading the headlong rush), and to technology that mars and defaces nature. I don't think that he minded technological and scientific progress unless it interfered with the beauty of the world.
Similarly I don't think that Tolkien disliked democracy, rather that he preferred a laissez-faire form of monarchy. Since our elected leaders are apt to behave like kings and emperors anyway that system seems more honest to me.
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