• binarytobis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I thought the r/theempiredidnothingwrong sub was funny at first, then it stopped being ironic and I ran into a member in real life who started following me while ranting about how positive the empire was. Same with r/thanosdidnothingwrong. Did they even see the movies?

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    I mean… they’re not wrong. The Republic was corrupted by Palpatine. That was literally a major plot element of the prequels. History is written by the winners of war, not the losers, after all.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      …I think you missed the part where Palps was the leader of both sides. Neither side was good, it was literally pointless conflict for the purpose of giving Palps power and the strongest army in the galaxy.

      The Separatists are greedy capitalists that were brought together after the Trade Federation’s attempted “blockade an entire planet and kidnap their queen, forcing her to give us what we want scheme” failed. Yes, the republic wasn’t great, but the banality of status quo politics is a far cry from totalitarian dipshits who only care about their profits. A lesson that the current world is demonstrating quite nicely.

      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        The Republic was not always under the control of Sheev though. The Republic existed before Sheev, and it more or less tried to do what it claimed to do. Palpatine saw an opportunity to control the entire galaxy by making a pointless war, and maybe he wasnt the first to see it or try, but he was the first to be successful.

  • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Droid “lost cause” nonsense – the separatists were a cat’s paw for Palpatine, and he’s dead now.

    Er, right?