Seriously though, the fact that they had to go get the "real" Excalibur from the Lady in the Lake means that the Sword in the Stone was a sort of magician's trick set up by Merlin to put his puppet on the throne, right?

Seriously though, what was Galadriel's economic policy? Seems to be a mostly leaf based economy, which is bound to fail in the long run.

Sauron is often portrayed as a force of pure domination and destruction, but that was more Morgoth's deal, Sauron was originally a student of Aule, the Smith God, and was interested in a perfectly ordered world that progressed through industry and craft. In a way Sauron was the world that came to be, organized advanced industrial capitalism (or the Soviet system, I doubt Tolkien saw too much difference) which globalizes the economy and destroys local traditions.
For more on Tolkien's political ideas you can see this excellent Ink and Fantasy youtube video on why he hated democracy.
Also, my Dad is trying to raise some money for a surgery, if you could spare a few dollars it would really help.

AI is cool because they just renamed "intelligence" to "predicted what other people might say without really understand any of it".

Actually I believe, using only logic, that I can prove once and for all that it is impossible to not waste your life...

Also, my Dad is trying to raise some money for a surgery, I already posted this before and we met the goal, but then he contracted dengue fever so the surgury had to get delayed, so we are trying to raise a little more money to cover those expenses. if you could spare a few dollars it would really help.

Some people have called Plato the first totalitarian thinker, but if you look at what Democracy is producing these days it's hard to not think he had a bit of a point...

Also, my Dad is trying to raise some money for a surgery, I already posted this before and we met the goal, but then he contracted dengue fever so the surgury had to get delayed, so we are trying to raise a little more money to cover those expenses. If you could spare a few dollars it would really help.
As for Plato, he criticized democracy heavily, claiming that it gave people too much freedom, and if anyone could be elected by the ignorant masses, it would be too possible for selfish people who only wanted power and wealth to get into power. Democracy, ironically, would inevitably lead to tyranny and demagogues. He thought a better system would be for the wisest, most virtuous, and most selfless people to govern society, which of course would be philosophers like himself. How this system was immune to corruption is a little unclear to me, but given what's going on with democracies lately you can probably at least say he has some good points.

Should I have a cup of coffee, or shoot the president?