Great observation by the writer, absolutely crucial to understanding
Tolkien:
"The Lord of the Rings is not (let me emphasis this a million times over) a sword-and-sorcery epic, it is a deeply-felt parable on the hidden powers of the “little people” based on the heroism of ordinary
men Tolkien saw during the First World War, and is based on Tolkien’s anarchism and opposition to government. That the
hobbits come back and reclaim their land from the usurpers and despoilers is a metaphor for what Tolkien wished, after the war brought increasing regimentation and government control. In this sense, it is similar to Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s
Sunset Song, where the First World War is won at the cost of the freedom of the small farmers amongst whom Gibbon sets his novel."
The only clarification I might make is that Tolkien had no "opposition to government"
per se.
Pretty sure he appreciated that his house had electricity and running water, the postal system delivered, and that gangs weren't roving at large.
He opposed (like so many of us even now)
intrusive government, hell-bent (
Mordor bent?) on insinuating itself in the most mundane aspects of life, such as being allowed to throw a log on the fire, permission to drink a beer or smoke a pipe, how much
food you can store.