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No matter who he sees himself as, his actions are those of Saruman.
Sure. Sauron was the one who corrupted the kings and people of Númenor and led to the downfall of the Empire. So I tend to agree with you.
Replace sauron with thiel and Empire with the States (world?), and yeah, spot on.
But sauron didn't create the palantirs.
And my point was that HE SEES HIMSELF as one of the good, wise, near imortal kings of Numenor before the corruption of Sauron.
This is reality. There isn't a sauron to blame. And I don't like that Tolkien thinks that white people are flawless without a devil like thing to corrupt them.
But he was Christian...and a thing i learned about religion is that all glory is to God and all fault is to the devil(s)...people are inherently pure and Good. /s
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The horrible culture of the US is Sauron. All the racism, exploitation of immigrants, sexism, genocide of the native peoples, colonialism, deepthroating of capitalism, and other terrible aspects of society are what lead to Thiel being who he is.