Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down163
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minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·23 hours agoFirst one, then the other.
minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·21 hours agoLiterally the whole first trilogy is an allegory for the Vietnam war where the US is the empire
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoI think he was saying that the US began as am insurgency.
minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoGood point and interpretation. Didn’t think of the language as a progression in time instead of a ranking.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·21 hours agoWell you’re wrong
minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-223 hours 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?
First one, then the other.
Literally the whole first trilogy is an allegory for the Vietnam war where the US is the empire
I think he was saying that the US began as am insurgency.
Good point and interpretation. Didn’t think of the language as a progression in time instead of a ranking.
Well you’re wrong
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?