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submitted 3 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/lotrmemes@midwest.social

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The trees were not a metaphor for the US. Tolkien repeatedly stated he actively avoided using allegory in LOTR.

Besides, if anything it was the common "nature getting revenge for what we've done to it" trope.