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For real. While Tolkien was an unapologetic right-winger and pretty much described himself as a monarchist of a feudalist/localist bent (which definitely sets him well to the right of the entirety of the modern political spectrum), his works were so undeniably awesome that they achieved record popularity with the entire political spectrum. Back in the day the hippies loved LOTR as much as their law-and-order opponents did and certainly as much as Meloni or the Royal Stuart Society do now, which is hilarious because Tolkien - being a devout Catholic - had nothing but contempt for them to the point of almost disowning his life's work after finding out said hippies were throwing Hobbit-themed weddings.
I came of age in the late 70s/early 80s so my interpretation of the LOTR popularity comes from it being universally-loved by the Hippies and Stoners (indeed I have several stoner/leftist friends who will still wax poetic about Tolkien). So I've always associated a center-left mindset as being open minded (not compared to today!)
Maybe I'm just "right enough" that I see Tolkien's works and rationale as universal truths (neither right nor left but pertaining to the human condition). If anything Christ was a classical-liberal of His day.
Regardless - "far right" is just a complete mis-definition. But then these are the same people who adore Harry Potter but will destroy Rowling for wrong-think. (Bring us Barabbas indeed!)