Saturday, August 16, 2025

Why does this seem familiar to me?

"Now Sauron's lust and pride increased, until he knew no bounds, and he determined to make himself master of all things in middle-Earth, and to destroy the Elves, and to compass, if he might, the downfall of Númenor. He brooked no freedom nor any rivalry, and he named himself Lord of the Earth. A mask he still could wear so that if he wished he might deceive the eyes of Men, seeming to them wise and fair. But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the world called him the Dark Lord and named him Enemy; and he gathered again under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it, and the Orcs were at his command and multiplied like flies." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth

Let me try something:

"Now Sauron's Trump's lust and pride increased, until he knew no bounds, and he determined to make himself master of all things in middle-Earth America, and to destroy the Elves Democrats, and to compass, if he might, the downfall of Númenor Los Angeles. He brooked no freedom nor any rivalry, and he named himself Lord of the Earth. A mask he still could wear so that if he wished he might deceive the eyes of Men Republicans, seeming to them wise and fair. But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the world called him the Dark Lord and named him Enemy; and he gathered again under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth MAGA that remained on earth or beneath it, and the Orcs fascists were at his command and multiplied like flies."

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