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Yeah, that's what upper-class Hobbits like the Bagginses want you to think.
With a literal servant class that does all the actual work, no less.
The reality is there isn't a "left" in Tolkien, even under the original definition from the French Revolution, it's monarchism all the way down because at the end of the day he was a pretty firm monarchist making a pseudo-Catholic fantasy setting.
Sorry, missed that part of the book and movies. When do we meet the servant class that works for the Baggins' and the other ruling class Hobbits?
Sam is Frodo's gardener despite Frodo having no job. Neither did Bilbo have a job and Baggins were referred to as aristocracy along with Brandybucks and Tooks.
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Baggins_family
And I believe Frodo became mayor of either Hobbiton or the entire Shire before he left for the Grey Havens at the end of ROTK. Could be misremembering, though
Sam became mayor.
Let's take their spoons, and hang them from the tree on top of Bag End!
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