Ideologies / Distributist / Samwise Gamgee
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Samwise Gamgee
The Shire's quiet ideal
Small holdings, rooted community.
Economic−24
SocialistMarket
Governance+42
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−55
TraditionalProgressive
Tolkien's gardener-hero and the Shire he loves embody the distributist ideal: a contented society of small property-holders rooted in land, craft and community.
social
Deeply traditional, rooted, home-loving.
economic
A society of small farmers and craftsmen owning their own plots.
governance
Minimal, custom-bound local order — no great powers.
Notable for
- Hero of 'The Lord of the Rings'
- Embodies the Shire's agrarian life
- Restores the Shire
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