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Tolkien at 120

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J.R.R. Tolkien was born 120 years ago today, January 3, 1892.

Libertarians love his fiction, but was he one of us?

In his own words:

“My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs).” – J.R.R. Tolkein

And in others’:

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