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Many people in today's world would call Theoden's commitment to the greater good of society a foolish exercise. Indeed, the kind of commitment that Tolkien presents here has become rare. It has become rare, because the alternative that Denethor represents has been carefully covered up. Still some of Theoden's commitment has been seen in the world. It once saved the world from Hitler's siege, though little of it now remains to continue the fight against the synarchist menace that continues to exist to the present day. People are content to stand aside and let today's growing wave of evil take its course.
Aragorn is the last of leaders of men to enter the scene at Minas Tirith. He brings along with him more forces for the defense of the city. However, instead of sitting back and celebrating the victory that has already been won when he arrives, he takes counsel with the leaders of the armies that remain and urges them not to rest, but to take the battle all the way to the gates of Sauron's realm, right to the gates of Mordor, in order to draw out Sauron's armies out from within, into a fight that takes them away from Frodo. He tells his captains that the world will never be safe unless Sauron is beaten, and that he will never be beaten if Frodo, the ring bearer, fails in taking the ring back to the fires of Mount Doom at the center of Sauron's world, where it is to be destroyed. Aragorn suggests to his captains that they must make whatever sacrifice may be required to draw Sauron's forces, and Sauron's attention, away from his realm in which Frodo is struggling to fulfill his mission. He emphasizes that everything depends on the outcome of what Frodo must do that must be supported.
In the saga the needed sacrifice is agreed to by all. The resulting action turns out to be crucial for Frodo's success. In turn, Frodo's success saves Aragorn's army from being wiped out. They are no match to Sauron's overwhelming force, but with the ring becoming destroyed in the background to the battle, Sauron's power becomes but a cloud of dust that blows away with the wind, and with his 'will' gone, his orcs become become disoriented and fall. At this point the battle ends.
One question comes to mind here. Will this kind of an unyielding devotion to a profound purpose ever be seen in the real world, especially in the political world?
I think we can see this kind of devotion to good already reflected in the Worldwide LaRouche Youth movement. This movement was born out of a recognition of the utter hopelessness of today's world. Indeed, what hope do the young people of today have who see whole segments of industries simply disappearing, destroyed by looting, free-trade slavery, and a debt load that can never be repaid. They see an education system that no longer teaches the art of discovery, that closes the mind instead of opening it, that prepares young people to become career servants instead of builders of new worlds. They see a world that elevates stealing and slavery as a virtue and tears down the universal principle of love as something that is to be shunned and banned. They see the killing of human beings flaunted everywhere as the savior of civilization. And so, rightfully so, the young people see no future in such a world in which nothing works anymore, in which life itself has become cheap and torn to shreds by market-orcs.
The only hope that they can see is the hope of creating a new renaissance in our time by which Sauron's dark world would be overlaid with the light of our common humanity. That is their hope, and so they support the one man who had dedicated his life to make that goal achievable. They support LaRouche, because in that fight they have a new hope for a future, and a chance that their hard earned diplomas will actually mean something towards a productive and satisfying life. By supporting LaRouche they put themselves on the front lines to draw out Sauron's forces, thereby setting the stage for LaRouche to become effective in what he must do in advancing the quest that they all know must NOT fail.
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