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[–] 30 points 4 months ago (1 child)

How the founder of Palantir sees middle earth.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Lots of reasonable claims here, the fellowship is certainly an international menace. It's important in the political climate that Arda finds itself in to point out fallacies, even in rhetoric we agree with:

    • The natural habitat of Balrogs is certainly not the deepest darkest depths of a mountain. In fact, Durin's Bane is more or less a squatter living in the unexplored basement of the mountain. I doubt he's even ever paid taxes!
    • While certainly an enemy military (or militia), the fellowship doesn't directly cause any acts of terrorism in the borders of Mordor. The ring was honestly destroyed on accident, afterall, and the mess at Cirith Ungol was at worst a B&E without theft.
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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    They didn't drive the balrog out. The balrog had already been freed by the dwarves that it killed.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Elf seduction in the first degree.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Balrog poaching, Orc genocide, and despot installing aside, the rest of those are all pretty liberatory activities

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Must admit I've lost all patience for 'the Empire did nothing wrong' gags, because contrarian denialist takes are so exploitable in real life. Sincere right-wing cranks started that shit.

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