• JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The USA is hardly united. Might not have as much strength as it things for external affairs, since it’s too busy shooting itself in the foot.

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    9 days ago

    What is death to that which can forever lie. Thru countless strange eons death itself may faulter

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    9 days ago

    Poe Dameron is my hero… while everyone else was debating how the bad thing happened, he’s the guy that’s just figuring out how to fight against it.

    Peeople just didn’t appreciate the genius of JJ Abrams… pretty much every reason why people fall to fascism are in the two Star Wars movies he made. Palpatine obviously represents fascism, yet people whine about Palpatine returning not being explained.

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      yet people whine about Palpatine returning not being explained.

      Didn’t they show the Sith cloning facility and shit in the start of one of the movies or was that a different movie

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        Yup, and he also said he had powers some would consider unnatural… which is a reference to have dark side powers over life and death. Also some rebels mentioned cloning and magic as possible explanations (re-iterating it for people that didn’t get the references) before Poe interrupted them to focus everyone on doing something.

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      9 days ago

      So I was wrong when I was mad about Rey suddenly being a princess? How no one can come from nothing and become great? This fucking weird American fascination with monarchy?

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        You joke but he did trick Disney into turning Star Wars into a warning that liberalism will always create the conditions required for fascism, and that deserves respect

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          Really thought the prequels did that.

          Think anything smart JJ did was just from the next guy over’s test he was copying.