"Orcs" were based on asiatic features, similar to the Mongol armies. The association with "orcs" is based on ethnicity, driving an image of an ugly, warlike species with no regard for life.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Strongly resisting the urge to go on a rant about how CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien would get into arguments regarding how hamfisted and Hitlerian their biblical analogies should be

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Go for it, people need to know.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe in a full post. I also need to explain the whole Peter Thiel thing (with relation to US postwar financial imperialism) and post more about Indian communists, I will add it to the stack

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Sounds good!