Did Tolkien give any explanation as to why the three rings were rendered useless after the One was destroyed. After all, they were made separately from it, and not by Sauron.
On a symbolic level, it probably expresses the fact that good, 'white' magic has its essential counterpart in black magic and cannot exist without it as it has no purpose.
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And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.
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