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[–] 107 points 22 hours ago* (14 children)

I’m pretty sure Leia never glassed planets or used specieist biowarfare.

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  • [–] 38 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

    Also, while I haven't seem much of the animated series, I'm pretty sure Grevious knew he was fighting FOR the corruptor of the corrupt government.

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  • [–] 36 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

    Dooku definitely knew, Grievous didn't seem to know since he worked for Dooku.

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  • [–] 7 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

    It's quite hard to say anybody high in that hierarchy didn't know.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    A lot of them seemed more like leaders of various independentist movements who allied with others without really grasping the overarching political project.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    But what about all of the innocent contractors who were building the second Death Star when Leia and company blew it up?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    If they were slaves rather than employees who could simply quit their jobs, I'd be more willing to hear your argument

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  • [–] 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    pretty sure her dad blew up an entire planet

    and don’t foget the kid murdering

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  • [–] 64 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

    uggghhhh, tell me you have no media literacy without telling me you have no media literacy.

    For the last time, Grievous was a fascist trying to dismantle a neoliberal democracy that was already decaying from the inside. Leia was a liberal trying to work inside the fascist regime to reinstall a neoliberal democracy.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

    Grevious yes, but there is a point to be made that some rebels against the republic were fighting against an overstepping republic for independence without grasping their movement was being co-opted by the Sith.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

    The intended parallel was the decay of democracy by the united effort of corporate interests. The Banking Clan, the Techno Union, the Commerce Guild, the Trade Federation, they all controlled a tremendous economic chunk of the Republic. The entire Separatist movement was orchestrated by the Sith, from the death of Master Syfo-Dias to the Hyperspace War that started the trade route taxes.

    The entire thing was built by the Sith from day one to turn the Republic into the Empire.

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  • [–] 28 points 21 hours ago

    What is this? GGDNW? (General Grievous Did Nothing Wrong)

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  • [–] 21 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

    Really it came down to their hobbies. Her hair was great and his collection was built on murder.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

    General Grievous is more like one of those pre-1948 Zionist terrorist leaders fighting the U.S.

    On the outside it looks like he's overthrowing the corrupt institution, but really he's working for its secret government so that he can contribute to its total compromise and make it even more corrupt

    If Grievous really functioned as a meaningful freedom fighter who sought to dismantle the oppression of governments, then he'd never target the vulnerable at the advantage of the Sith

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