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[โ€“] egrets@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Likewise, the presence of evil people results in heavy industry, spoil, and poison โ€“ both Orthanc and the Shire.

John Betjeman wrote a great poem on a similar note, about and titled Slough, that starts:

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!