Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoWhat has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down133
arrow-up1604arrow-down1imageWhat has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoLiterally the whole first trilogy is an allegory for the Vietnam war where the US is the empire
minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-25 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.
Well you’re wrong
Literally the whole first trilogy is an allegory for the Vietnam war where the US is the empire
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?