Comment by GolfPopper
2 days ago
>I honestly can't think of a worse name for a company that provides intel for strategic decision making.
Yet the choice is very effective at telling those with eyes to see that the one who chose the name possesses only a surface-level understanding of what appears to be his favorite piece of literature.
Or he's broadcasting his intention to destroy world governments and institute a new global order under technocratic control. He's banking on a US General not understanding the deeper lore behind of the name.
He literally considers Saruman the good guy, Mordor the good place, and Gandalf the bad guy (holding back technological progress)
Discussed previously e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901389
Wait seriously?
I'm pretty sure Tolkien would be furious at the mere idea. He could not have written more thoroughly black and white morality if he tried...
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In folklore, supernatural monsters are often compelled to show their true selves in non-obvious ways.
The man seems to have severe difficulty interpreting fiction. See: his antichrist ramblings (sorry, "lectures").