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1850 years with the ring and accomplished nothing? What did he expect to be different? The ring didn’t work. Try something new.

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He conquered the kings of men, and turned the dwarf lords to greed and wrath. He built Barad-dur and obliterated Numenor. He caused the separation of Valinor from the rest of Arda. He killed Gil-Galad and Elendil, and triggered the Elves leaving Arda forever.

If not for the hobbits, Sauron would have been unstoppable.

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Yeah, but other than those things, he did nothing!

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He was great for the economy though.

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As a member of the people’s front of Judea, I agree.

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The elves and humans were significantly more powerful for most of the second age. The third age was an era of general decline.

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Wasn’t it an era of decline specifically due to Sauron’s actions?

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He did use the ring in the war against Eregion, the siege of Ost-in-Edhil, and to influence the Numenoreans.

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