NationStates

• ”Leviathan”
  — Thomas Hobbes. (Read Here)
  
• ”Two Treatises of Government”
  — John Locke. (Read Here)
  
• ”The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.”
  — Max Weber.
  
• ”Reflections on the Revolution in France”
  — Edmund Burke. (Read Here)
  
• ”The Wealth Of Nations”
  — Adam Smith. (Read Here)
  
• ”Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions and other Human Institutions”
  — Joseph de Maistre. (Read Here)
  
• ”Rerum novarum”
  — Pope Leo XIII. (Read Here)
  
• ”The Crisis of the Modern World”
  — Rene Guenon. (Read Here)
  
• ”The Doctrine Of Fascism”
  — Benito Mussolini. (Read Here)
  
• ”The Conservative Mind”
  — Russell Kirk.

Old Tyrannia wrote:RWDT regulars as characters from Tolkien's Middle Earth legendarium:

- Conserative Morality: Ar-Pharazôn the Golden, twenty-fifth and final King of Númenor. He believed unfalteringly in the greatness of his kingdom, and that it would never end; and his confidence led him to invite a corrupting and evil influence into Númenor, believing his enemy to be irrevocably defeated. Instead the Númenorean Empire was destroyed from within, and Ar-Pharazôn was remembered as both the mightiest in power and most vainglorious and foolish of the kings of Númenor.

- Dumb Ideologies: Saruman the White, self-styled as Saruman of Many Colours, known of old as Curumo, the Skillful; once the greatest of the Istari sent to Middle Earth to aid in the final defeat of Sauron, the Great Enemy. He spent too much time trying to understand his enemy, however, and gradually his tinkering in the dark arts led to his own corruption and fall into darkness.

- Herskerstad: Denethor II, twenty-sixth and final Steward of Gondor. For many years ruled wisely and was respected by the people of Gondor, but became bitter and jealous of his power which he had no intention of ever actually forsaking, forgetting that he was merely custodian of Gondor and not its rightful king.

- The Parkus Empire: Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm. Cautious, severe and occasionally callous, viewing outsiders with contempt and preferring to keep his realm isolated from the happenings of the outside world. Views other peoples, particularly dwarves and men, as morally compromised and unreliable.

- The East Marches: The Master of Laketown. A silver-tongued politician uninterested in higher moral quandaries, his principal concerns are with personal wealth and prestige. Fond of realpolitik and occasionally a masterful troll.

- Benuty: Tom Bombadil. Mysterious and jovial figure; his past is shrouded in mystery, but there are hits that he is something far greater than he appears, and of eldritch origins.

- Kubumba Tribe/El-Amin Caliphate: Ulfang the Black, chieftain of the Easterlings in the First Age. An untrustworthy figure with ties to the East who swore allegiance to Caranthir the Dark, son of Fëanor, only to betray him to Morgoth.

- Reikoku: Bór, another Easterling chieftain of the First Age. Unlike Ulfang, Bór was an honourable warrior who remained true to his promise of fealty to the Noldor, only to be tragically cut down at the Nírnaeth Arnoediad following Ulfang's betrayal.

- Fahran: The fair lady Galadriel, with her consort Celeborn guardian of Lothlórien. Although no stranger to pride or to the desire for political power, particularly in her youth, she was amongst the longest-lived and wisest of all the elves in Middle Earth and had the good sense to distrust Sauron when he came to the elves in the guise of Annatar, the "Lord of Gifts." In the Third Age, her will was strong enough to resist the allure of the One Ring, even when offered freely to her.

- United Marxist Nations: Sauron the Sorceror, Dark Lord of Mordor, known of old as Mairon the Admirable. Once amongst the greatest of the Maiar, his desire for order and dislike of wasteful friction led him to become enamoured with the great power of Morgoth, and ultimately corrupted by the powers of darkness. He nonetheless retained enough of his former virtue to remain loyal to Morgoth during the First Age, and was notably wiser and craftier than his master, playing a part in all of Morgoth's machinations.

Of course, I too would be a good match for Sauron, as I was corrupted by dark forces through my desire for order, and my eye, like that of Sauron, sees all

- Felrik: Thrór, son of Dáin, King under the Mountain. A capable ruler, courageous, proud and honourable, but prone to lust for gold and jewels (probably not helped at all by the ring of power in his possession).