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sfxrlz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world ·
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We could be going towards a Star Trek like earth, but instead we're going for Star Wars like democracies

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We could be going towards a Star Trek like earth, but instead we're going for Star Wars like democracies

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    …democracies? i haven’t watched a lot of star wars but isn’t the whole point that they are fighting a fascist empire

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      That fascist empire used to be a democracy until it was transformed into an empire by Palpatine

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        to be fair that was in the prequels, which sucked ass

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          The prequels warned you about 9/11 and 2025

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      I’m not familiar with Star Wars, but I remember hearing something about the original movies being intended as commentary/allegory for the Vietnam war?

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        Yeah the Empire represents the USA.

        The rebels represent the Vietcong.

        Star Wars is literally US imperialism in space.

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