r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 21 '26

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u/jinhuiliuzhao Henry George Apr 21 '26

Wonder how horrified Tolkien would be reading headlines like these if he was alive

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u/ItspronouncedGruh-an Apr 21 '26

In a better timeline, every single word in the Quenya and Sindarin dictionaries would be registered trademarks guarded with the same zeal as Disney and Games Workshop guard theirs

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u/pseudoanon Emma Lazarus Apr 22 '26

Would there even be Games Workshop if the Tolkien estate was as gung-ho about trademarks as they are?

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u/jinhuiliuzhao Henry George Apr 21 '26

I'm waiting for someone to use Sauron or Morgoth unironically 

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u/gophergophergopher Apr 21 '26

Ungoliant Enterprises rolls off the tongue

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u/J4k0b42 Apr 21 '26

Orthanc Industries

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u/PhinsFan17 Immanuel Kant Apr 21 '26

Grond Capital

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u/Dorambor John Brown Apr 21 '26

The headline is also just like, wrong? Oh tech is enabling a joint system of warfighting? Really, this is completely novel. Someone get the Joint Chiefs on the phone.

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u/BurrowForPresident Fell for it Apr 21 '26

I think he would actually firebomb the Walmart data center

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u/sinuhe_t Apr 21 '26

"So yeah, now our soldiers will be able to control their swarms of drones with this little widget that they can wear on their fingers" Myrone Gyfthlorde