Flying Squid to Political Memes • 8 hours agoWhat has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan?imagemessage-square61arrow-up1493arrow-down123
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minus-square@esselllink12•7 hours agoShe was a leading figure in a paramilitary organisation, both before and after the death of the emperor. So, maybe?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 hour agoWhat do you think the United States is more like? A guerilla insurgency or a miltaristic empire imposing its will on the rest of society?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-251 minutes agoSo Leia isn’t a great analog. Maybe a Vader / Palpatine election would be closer to reality I misread that, hold up. The United States of America spends more money on it’s military than the next 10 countries COMBINED. The United States has ~800 military bases all around the world in foreign countries. This doesn’t sound like an empire to you?
She was a leading figure in a paramilitary organisation, both before and after the death of the emperor. So, maybe?
What do you think the United States is more like? A guerilla insurgency or a miltaristic empire imposing its will on the rest of society?
First one, then the other.
So Leia isn’t a great analog. Maybe a Vader / Palpatine election would be closer to realityI misread that, hold up.
The United States of America spends more money on it’s military than the next 10 countries COMBINED.
The United States has ~800 military bases all around the world in foreign countries.
This doesn’t sound like an empire to you?
Yeah, you’d think that would be exactly what she wanted.