Шир без чужаков

Видеоклип показывает безмятежную сельскую жизнь хоббитов в Шире: прогулки по зелёным холмам, деревню, рынок, пир и довольных жителей. На фоне идиллической музыки из «Властелина колец» — Howard Shore — звучит нарочито расистский и ксенофобский монолог, приписывающий Ширу идею «чистого» белого общества; контраст между красивой сказочной картинкой и отвратительным содержанием создаёт сатирическую шутку. Такой мем используют как реакцию на лицемерную ностальгию по «идеальному» обществу без чужаков. EN: The video shows the peaceful rural life of hobbits in the Shire: walks through green hills, a village, a market, a feast, and cheerful residents. Over idyllic music from The Lord of the Rings — Howard Shore — a deliberately racist and xenophobic monologue praises the Shire as a supposedly “pure” white society; the contrast between the beautiful fantasy imagery and the vile narration creates the satire. This meme can be used as a reaction to hypocritical nostalgia for an “ideal” society without outsiders.

The Shire was full of simple white folk, not a Jew or Negro for hundreds and hundreds of miles. Stories of far-off trannies and homosexuals were told to scare the children, but none had ever been even close to these parts in a thousand years. Usury was a thing of myth, as of course was women's suffrage. Once in my youth I had seen a tan man, probably Italian or maybe at a pusher Greek, and of course we had all vaguely heard the name Israel whispered in the corners of the taverns late at night. But all in all, the Shire was free and beautiful, and full of us white folk and nobody else. We had secured a future for our children, and had educated them in keeping foreigners out for all time until the end of everything and beyond. And heaven awaited though in truth, we were already there.

♪ Howard Shore — The Shire

• @sbunem / 39118 2023-02-03