Flying Squid to Political Memes@lemmy.world • 8 hours agoWhat has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down123
arrow-up1466arrow-down1imageWhat has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan?lemmy.worldFlying Squid to Political Memes@lemmy.world • 8 hours agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-square@NewDarklink-7•8 hours agoDid Leia keep claiming she wants the most lethal military in the galaxy too?
minus-square@essell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•7 hours agoShe was a leading figure in a paramilitary organisation, both before and after the death of the emperor. So, maybe?
minus-square@NewDarklink1•1 hour agoWhat do you think the United States is more like? A guerilla insurgency or a miltaristic empire imposing its will on the rest of society?
minus-square@NewDarklink2•edit-246 minutes 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?
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink7•6 hours agoYeah, you’d think that would be exactly what she wanted.
Did Leia keep claiming she wants the most lethal military in the galaxy too?
She was a leading figure in a paramilitary organisation, both before and after the death of the emperor. So, maybe?
What do you think the United States is more like? A guerilla insurgency or a miltaristic empire imposing its will on the rest of society?
First one, then the other.
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?
Yeah, you’d think that would be exactly what she wanted.