Let me suggest another story that some regard as a Christian allegory, but that seems to lend itself to libertarian allegory: Lord of the Rings. This is, after all, a story about people who hold the key to great power, and their struggle in deciding whether to try to wield that power for good (as they see it), or to destroy that power. Characteristic of libertarian thought, the destruction of central power frees people to revert to a more natural state, and this natural state is basically benign. Yes, there’s some discussion about the Scouring of the Shire, in which local forces drive out a local tyrant. But there’s never any suggestion that there may be local tyrants that cannot be displaced except through the effort of a larger (centralized) force. In short, there’s no acknowledgement of the idea that a benign state of affairs arises not from nature, but from purposeful intervention in nature.