Tolkien and the Modern Surveillance State

J.R.R. Tolkien appears to get it right with Lord of the Rings and our modern society.  Please check out the

link below - the article examines the works of Tolkien, Orwell and even Aldous Huxley, and how accurate they were with our society today.  It does seem like our society is moving toward a Mordor-like hell with constant surveillance, lack of empathy, paranoia, and incompetence built into the system.  Where is our Frodo?  Oh yeah he's living in Moscow and his name is Edward Snowden!


Here's the article:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/07/tolkien_v_orwell_who_understood_modern_surveillance_best.html