Ben Domenech
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Yes, we have.
Tolkien says that's okay.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to escape.
We use escapist as a derogatory term frequently these days.
But for Tolkien, he's saying it's okay to want to escape.
We are prisoners in this world and it's okay to dream about something better, dream about something different.
And it sounds kind of bleak.
I don't think he really meant it that way.
I think he just meant that the reality is we're stuck here.
It's okay to dream of something better.
It's okay to aspire.
And I love the way he puts it.
It's like you said, the prison thing.
The analogy is brilliant.
He talks about why would a prisoner not dream of the world outside of his prison cell?
And, and again, it's, he, he contrasts that with it's not the flight of the deserter, right?
It's not, it's not, you have a duty to be here and you're running away from that, which I think is how we often think of escapism today.