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My take has always been that there have been industrial revolutions, but they’ve been suppressed. Tolkien’s description of evil is “the fires and forges of Mord
by moomin 4y ago
My take has always been that there have been industrial revolutions, but they’ve been suppressed. Tolkien’s description of evil is “the fires and forges of Mordor”.
- ghaff 4y agoAfter thinking about it a bit, the major obstacle I run into with having a coherent explanation for the lack of industrialization is that Mordor did industrialize at some level. And it doesn't take that much of an industrialization advantage to be able to overwhelm opponents. ADDED: That said, maybe Mordor was just starting to industrialize and maybe wasn't quite at the point where it could conquer all given magic etc.