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I have too many undone projects at the moment but I really want the analysis of how modern creative communities operate on very similar principles.

I don't know if he's on here but in case he isn't, Nathan Goldwag wrote a blog essay on "The Moral Economy of the Shire" looking at how a society can function based on custom & clientalism rather than the state and you should read it, it's fantastic. nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/t...

The Moral Economy of the Shirenathangoldwag.wordpress.com Who paid for this? There's a certain meme that I see making the rounds on Facebook every so often about the bucolic nature of life in the Shire, from Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, an...