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The difference explained (social.circl.lu)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Does Hobbiton have any sort of government that I’m forgetting about or otherwise unaware of? I’ve always thought of it as an anarchists paradise

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

“The Shire at this time had hardly any ‘government.’ Families for the most part managed their own affairs. ... The Thain was the master of the Shire-moot, and captain of the Shire-muster and the Hobbitry-in-arms, but as a muster and moot were only held in times of emergency, which no longer occurred, the Thainship had ceased to be more than a nominal dignity.”

Sounds like night-watch libertarianism that had declined to something even more minimal. Which ironically was easily run over by a smooth-talking old man with a broken staff and a pretty small bunch of ruffians. You had one job.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Smooth talking old man that is secretly a god.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Angel, not God.

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