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Anyone else angered by the fact that these military companies have named themselves using words from Tolkien's works? Andruil, Palantir... it makes a mockery o

Anyone else angered by the fact that these military companies have named themselves using words from Tolkien's works? Andruil, Palantir... it makes a mockery of the things that Tolkien stood for and I hate it.

absurdo 1y ago
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ge96 1y ago
After seeing that demo of the drone bursting over a pick up truck, I wonder the developers high five each other like "f yeah!" edit: to be clear I'm not anti-gun, and I understand needing to protect, USA is probably what it is because of things like the 7th fleet so I can enjoy my life. idk moral highground too, can always counter that like "do you donate all of your spare money to needy people" the challenges involved are interesting, recently was watching a video on crosspol jamming for example somebody has to do it
tim333 1y ago
Which things does it mock? Tolkien served in WW1 and trained to be a code breaker in WW2. I feel he may have seen value in military technology.
- jerjerjer 1y ago
  > I feel he may have seen value in military technology. LOTR has fairly pronounced anti-industrial themes.
  - tim333 1y ago
    That was in a story about elves and wizards. I doubt in WW2 he thought it terrible that the UK could make Spitfires and break German cryptography.
xxr 1y ago
These are all Peter Thiel joints, I think.
All4All 1y ago
The Air Force’s use of Star Wars IP, specifically their use of the Millennium Falcon in the Kessel Run project, is also enraging. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessel_Run https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessel_Run
paulddraper 1y ago
> it makes a mockery of the things that Tolkien stood for and I hate it What are you referring to? Do you think Tolkien was a pacifist? On the contrary, the books are negative towards under-militarized societies (Rohan, Gondor, isolationist Elves, complacent Men). They commonly underscore the need for watchfulness, preparation, and strength against evil adversaries.

absurdo 1y ago

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ge96 1y ago

After seeing that demo of the drone bursting over a pick up truck, I wonder the developers high five each other like "f yeah!" edit: to be clear I'm not anti-gun, and I understand needing to protect, USA is probably what it is because of things like the 7th fleet so I can enjoy my life. idk moral highground too, can always counter that like "do you donate all of your spare money to needy people" the challenges involved are interesting, recently was watching a video on crosspol jamming for example somebody has to do it

tim333 1y ago

Which things does it mock? Tolkien served in WW1 and trained to be a code breaker in WW2. I feel he may have seen value in military technology.

jerjerjer 1y ago
> I feel he may have seen value in military technology. LOTR has fairly pronounced anti-industrial themes.
- tim333 1y ago
  That was in a story about elves and wizards. I doubt in WW2 he thought it terrible that the UK could make Spitfires and break German cryptography.

xxr 1y ago

These are all Peter Thiel joints, I think.

All4All 1y ago

The Air Force’s use of Star Wars IP, specifically their use of the Millennium Falcon in the Kessel Run project, is also enraging. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessel_Run https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessel_Run

paulddraper 1y ago

> it makes a mockery of the things that Tolkien stood for and I hate it What are you referring to? Do you think Tolkien was a pacifist? On the contrary, the books are negative towards under-militarized societies (Rohan, Gondor, isolationist Elves, complacent Men). They commonly underscore the need for watchfulness, preparation, and strength against evil adversaries.