• Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    An empire by definition is privately owned and run by a single major power. The Death Star was also a military base and a weapon. So there would be no public sector workers on there unless they knew and accepted the risks or were imprisoned there.

    • bufordt@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      What about the second death star? It was still under construction. Killed a bunch of working class people just trying to make a living.

      • meeeeetch@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Signing the contract to build the empire’s new wunderwaffe moves you from “working class” to “ACAB means you too”.

        • Square Singer@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          Tell that to all the workers forced to build weapons for the real-world regime that Lucas used to model the Empire off.

      • explodicle@local106.com
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        You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this… [taps heart] not his wallet.