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  1. And one plot point that is pretty topical these days is basically how the Empire arose out of the desire of a segment of people to replace a functioning democracy with something else because they felt it had failed, and a dictatorship arose out of a man taking advantage of that sentiment.

    Saturday, 25-Nov-17 21:20:51 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
    1. The Republic was a corrupt and ineffective organization that nonetheless attempted to serve the galaxy, and because of that corruption people sought to replace it and got essentially a ogliarchic theocracy instead and the aggressive suppression of anyone who dissents with those views.

      Can't imagine what parallels there'd be with real life of course.

      Saturday, 25-Nov-17 21:22:19 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
      1. @maiyannah sheev saw that the end of the Jedi and hokey religions and the death of a few crybaby morons would unite everyone under a common banner. The only rule of the empire was don’t betray the empire. They had galactic schools, military, and workforce. The rebels were a bunch of entitled jerks whose ignorance destroyed Alderaan and killed countless innocent people because they wouldn’t stop killing stormtroopers

        Saturday, 25-Nov-17 21:25:35 UTC from shitposter.club
        1. @rw @maiyannah one would argue that utilizing your iron grip on the universe by destroying an entire planet (and getting away with it) is a huge overstep of power and begs the question: "what equals betrayal in the eyes of a benevolent force?" And "how long until that definition changes tocfit someone elses views" also sheev shoots lightning from his fingers and that's pretty evil lookin' if you ask me.

          Saturday, 25-Nov-17 21:39:12 UTC from shitposter.club
          1. @maiyannah @rw the rebels are homos, too and i would never follow someone that looks as stupid as leia. But that doesn't mean the empire wasn't a benevolent dictatorship that oppressed many.

            Saturday, 25-Nov-17 21:40:23 UTC from shitposter.club
          2. @triodug  I'd consider shooting lightning a pretty cool thing. Wizards are cool.

            Saturday, 26-May-18 03:59:13 UTC from shitposter.club