Who ever listed them as being anarchists? The Hobbits are among the last parts of the Kingdom of Arnor, and there are comments that they have taxes, but when nobody bothered picking them up, the elected mayor of the Shire and the leaders of the four farthings reinvested those taxes into whatever projects they saw most fit. Plus, there’s a whole aristocracy. There’s the related familes like Bagginses, Sackvilles, Proudfeet, Boffins, Brandybucks, Tooks; and there’s some others who they’re not related to as well.
The hobbits are literally the final remnant culture of a kingdom. And when you consider what happened to them with Saruman and Wormtongue in the Scourging, they’d much rather be under the King and have the military support of Gondor and its allies.
Now, if you want an anarchist place with hobbits, we could talk about Bree. But Bree is much smaller.
Who ever listed them as being anarchists? The Hobbits are among the last parts of the Kingdom of Arnor, and there are comments that they have taxes, but when nobody bothered picking them up, the elected mayor of the Shire and the leaders of the four farthings reinvested those taxes into whatever projects they saw most fit. Plus, there’s a whole aristocracy. There’s the related familes like Bagginses, Sackvilles, Proudfeet, Boffins, Brandybucks, Tooks; and there’s some others who they’re not related to as well.
The hobbits are literally the final remnant culture of a kingdom. And when you consider what happened to them with Saruman and Wormtongue in the Scourging, they’d much rather be under the King and have the military support of Gondor and its allies.
Now, if you want an anarchist place with hobbits, we could talk about Bree. But Bree is much smaller.