Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade

Now, for the first time ever, the hidden prophecies of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic epic, The Lord of the Rings, are decoded in this accurate re-edit of Peter Jackson's blockbuster motion picture. Unknownst to many readers, The Lord of the Rings - once thought to be merely a story of archetypal struggle between good and evil - has been found to contain astute prophetic messages about the impending crisis of capitalist modernity.

by St01en Collective out of SF Bay area.

Coming Soon to youtube: Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers

(until then feel free to check out http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/09/02/16942331.php)

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[Rssika]

@konf100

Why don't you go live to glorious capitalist Africa or Asia from which imperialist countries extract majority of their clothes, consumer electronics, fruits, oil, raw materials and much more? You have not been in the receving end of free trade, so shut the fuck up about standard of living in socialist countries.

[danfromabove]

@CoolLegoDudeFilms Tolkien's views are irrelevant here. His genius was his ability to write so broadly that his themes can be read in to any era's political issues (if slightly heavy handedly in this case).

[craggb]

Tolkien's themes were meant primarily to address more general concepts of good and evil, creation and destruction, and microcosms. Meanwhile, the concept of mercantilism never makes an appearance in any of the books. In fact, trade is one of the most obviously under-developed concepts in Tolkien's world. I think you've more-or-less missed the point, and misappropriated one of the most profound and artistic epic tales of all time for a more-or-less impotent and hackneyed political gesture.

[NixonisLord]

@danfromabove is right; Tolkein was a feudal, conservative Catholic who believed in unlimited population growth and was quite happy to tolerate feudal and other heirarchical structures.

[GishabrunLOB]

Occupy Wall Street, All Day All Week!

[Eldeecue]

Vote Ron Paul! The Great Eye so commands!

[josda1000]

@TRBtree Milton Friedman would not say that capitalism creates gross inequality, but yes he would say that it leads to the ownership of all things. I've been doing research on this for three years. John Locke also would say that liberty comes from your humanity, not government, which is what my post was about. I said nothing about owning things. So when retorting, stay on subject, and if necessary, do some research as well.

[TRBtree]

@josda1000

no dude, capitalism does lead to gross inequality and the ownership of all things through capital. supporters of capitalism such as milton friedman know this; they merely don't see it as a problem. i think that you are the one who needs to do the research. even if you want to be a supporter of capitalism, you have to know what you're supporting and be okay with it. the founders of capitalist thought know this. read adam smith.

[TRBtree]

@danfromabove dude, you clearly missed that it was a joke. a politically relevant and thoughtful joke, but a joke.

it's called satire.

[TheEznore]

dudes its a hilarious video why are we being political about this? & free trade capitalism is very much just a scheme to take control of 3rd world countries i'd say the video very accurately depicts capitalism!

[JDarach]

This is amusing, but it grossly overstates and understates vital things in varying degrees. Reality is not as neat and tidy as this charming little video pretends.

[SAOS451316]

@josda1000 Please look up the definition of Corporatism. It doesn't mean what you think it does.