!neolibs Saruman the White and Sauron both impulsed the industrialization of Middle Earth (the first even brought industrialization to the distant Shire!) while Rohan and Gondor were focused in keeping their agricultural realms and Elves were focused on migrating after millennia of ruling over forests.
Their coalition was also the only diverse one, including orcs, goblins, Uruk Hais, Dunlendings and Eastlings while the Kingdoms of the West were ethnostates and also monarchies favoring the ethnic supremacist Numenorean lineage.
Just how close was Saruman of patenting steam machinery?
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Gondor has fallen. Millions must die
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Do you think Aragon genocided the remaining orcs and the Eastlings?
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Orcs yes.
Eastlings no.
Eventually military
aged male eastlings are allowed into Gondor as refugees of peace 
who then conquer 
Gondor from within.
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I bet it was Arwen's idea
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