The rings are supposedly the central banks that control everything. Tom Bombadil's strange colored clothes are the colors of the Swedish flag because the cabal of cabals is centered on the Wallenberg family there. There is a series of videos that cover a lot of this and it is fascinating to watch. I read those books when I was in middle school in the late 70's and was instantly hooked, but I had no idea of any deeper meaning, other than that Tolkien was warning against out of control corporate industrialization and tyrany.
The rings are supposedly the central banks that control everything. Tom Bombadil's strange colored clothes are the colors of the Swedish flag because the cabal of cabals is centered on the Wallenberg family there. There is a series of videos that cover a lot of this and it is fascinating to watch. I read those books when I was in middle school in the late 70's and was instantly hooked, but I had no idea of any deeper meaning, other than that Tolkien was warning against out of control corporate industrialization and tyrany.