Lord of the Swastika

Posted this in Plastic, good to see that site back:

Lord of the Rings fanaticism appeals to the same histrionic tendencies and obeisance in the petit bourgoise that also responded positively to Mein Kampf — a book strangely similar to LOTR.

Norman Spinrad noted this in his The Iron Dream, or Lord of the Swastika

Jenny Turner said it much better than me:
The politics of The Lord of the Rings, in short, comprises a familiar mixture of infatuation with power with an awareness of one’s own helplessness beside it. One’s best hope, really, is to suck up to the big people, in the hope they will see you all right. It’s the perennial fantasy of the powerless.