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IIRC we get told how Sauron will be dangerous and darkness will fall when he gets The One Ring back. But is there actually any evidence for this scenario? I mean Gollum had the One for a very looong time, and what did happen??? Exactly nothing. At least not much in the super-evil/doom sense.
As I see it, this whole story of Sauron/Ring/Orks = doom could very well just be the result of a massive propaganda effort led by hawkish forces of Gondor who hate peace and see a chance to settle the cold war vs. their archenemy Mordor by force. To drag the good people of Middleearth into such a huge militarist adventure, they clearly needed to overplay the Ring threat, and also depict peaceful Orks as evil killers.
Sure, people may point to older stories about Sauron being evil and super-dangerous with the One in his possession, but let's not forget history is always written by the victor, so we never get a balanced view or the background that is explained from the perspective of Mordor.
As I see it, this whole story of Sauron/Ring/Orks = doom could very well just be the result of a massive propaganda effort led by hawkish forces of Gondor who hate peace and see a chance to settle the cold war vs. their archenemy Mordor by force. To drag the good people of Middleearth into such a huge militarist adventure, they clearly needed to overplay the Ring threat, and also depict peaceful Orks as evil killers.
Sure, people may point to older stories about Sauron being evil and super-dangerous with the One in his possession, but let's not forget history is always written by the victor, so we never get a balanced view or the background that is explained from the perspective of Mordor.
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