I mean thats a fair reaction, I’m just not 100% sure he consciously decided fo portray the orcs as communists per se, rather than the societal trend towards industrialization and despoiling of nature (though with the depiction of orcs, tropes associated with “collectivist” stereotypes are pretty prevalent…😬).
That said, the link between the orcs and turkish/mongol portrayals is not up for debate lol, that aspect of the depiction is a huge L for JRR.
As for the Jewish part of “Judeo-Bolshevik”, weren’t the dwarves at least in part influenced by Tolkien’s views on jewish culture & language?
Anyway I’m not gonna defend this dead racist nerd any more lol
I mean thats a fair reaction, I’m just not 100% sure he consciously decided fo portray the orcs as communists per se, rather than the societal trend towards industrialization and despoiling of nature (though with the depiction of orcs, tropes associated with “collectivist” stereotypes are pretty prevalent…😬).
That said, the link between the orcs and turkish/mongol portrayals is not up for debate lol, that aspect of the depiction is a huge L for JRR.
As for the Jewish part of “Judeo-Bolshevik”, weren’t the dwarves at least in part influenced by Tolkien’s views on jewish culture & language?
Anyway I’m not gonna defend this dead racist nerd any more lol