I think the Ring represents Google. Google has been prioritizing Reddit (and YouTube) search results for a while, now. Could they be planning a buyout of Reddit?
Google would LOVE to have a mature, social media platform that they owned. They tried and failed with Google Groups years ago. Spez gets to cash out of Reddit and Forbes and WSJ will write glowing articles about how Google heroically swooped in to “save” Reddit. (narrator: what’s left of Reddit will whither and die, just like Google Groups).
Couldn’t Google be see as Sauron then making and consoldating “rings of power” using it as a means to project their influence? All their dead platforms akin to nazghul? Killed and incorporated into a “greater plan”
I mean Sauron is known in lore, iirc, as The Necromancer?
You really can’t complain about corporate greed if you continue to support a capitalist economy.
“We should improve society’s flaws somewhat.” - OP
“Yet, you participate in society.” - the comment above
Good metaphor, since Smeagol stole the ring from his friend Deagol (Aaron Swartz) and murdered him.
If the day ever comes, either I or another can capture the “Mount Doom” moment.
Also thank you for that insight that coincidently aligns and sent me on a mental journey of metaphors and Lord of the Rings ( upvoted already so here is another upvote ⬆)
Have fun Golem.
