Favorite not-political movie?
I'm not sure this is a political statement other than conscious trees don't like being cut down lol and these creatures are older in story than our factories are. Like an ent or a dendroid.
The ents were pretty pissed at Saruman before he killed any sentient trees. "With his mind if metal and stone" "used to be the protector of the realm" blah blah blah, paired with the fact that Tolkien was really open about the fact he was anti industrial revolution. It seems pretty on the nose to me. 🤷‍♂️
Whether or not Tolkien intended it to be a statement it’s very obviously not consumed as one.
The incentives for destroying the tower and factory aren’t characterized as being anti-industrial revolution whatsoever. They destroy it because war bad and evil bad guys are bad.
According to your logic it’s an anti-industrial statement any time a factory is destroyed during war times.
Negative, but good chat