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[-] Ideology@hexbear.net 64 points 8 months ago

Anyone who thinks we're not the bad guys has replaced their brain with funkopops.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 42 points 8 months ago

"If you think about it, the rebels were really terrorists and the Jedi were religious extremists!"

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

At least there'd be some consistency on that take.

[-] context@hexbear.net 64 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

everyone i've met who's been in the army is happy to announce that they think the empire was unequivocally the good guys in star wars

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 28 points 8 months ago
[-] context@hexbear.net 38 points 8 months ago

granted i haven't met that many, but they all had a very hobbesian view that leviathan is necessary to maintain peace and order, mixed in with hiroshima apologia, "the destruction of alderaan was good actually if it hastens the end of this bloody civil war the galaxy is in" kind of thing

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago

That's wild. Just wait until you tell them it doesn't matter how big the bombs get, it has no impact on the decision to end a war.

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 57 points 8 months ago

Looking forward to a truly "only in America" moment when the only pushback they face for this is a copyright complaint from Disney

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 57 points 8 months ago

The "temporary" port that will absolutely be used to transport aid and will absolutely not be used to exploit offshore oil reserves.

[-] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"... I mean... While we're here, it sure would be a waste not to..."

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago

"just covering our expenses"

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 51 points 8 months ago
[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 44 points 8 months ago

the dead USSR cosmonaut at their feet is really telling

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

The Mandalorian armor speaks volumes, too. soypoint-2 Cool revanchist death cult!

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

to be fair even the other mandalorians consider the death watch to be fucking weirdos

[-] Saeculum@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago

Really quiet sad honestly, one of the most prominent symbols of hope and progress a corpse in the mud.

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

Real science and exploration replaced with neoliberal coomer slop.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Being trampled by imperial troops…. Holding Israeli rifles.

[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Fuck Ukraine and zelensKKKyyyyy

[-] NedIsakoff@hexbear.net 50 points 8 months ago
[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 28 points 8 months ago

The mouth is a source of disaster? Introducing Japanese Proverbs

Direct translation: The mouth is a source of disaster

Meaning: you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.

Example: Better not say everything you think. You always make them angry. Kuchi wa wazawai no moto dayo.

Romaji: kuchi wa wazawai no moto

Word: kuchi (口)= mouth, wazawai (災い)=disaster, もと (元)= source

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Thats a Chinese proverb imported to Japanese actually

People also colloquially add "Sickness enters from the mouth" to "Trouble comes out from the mouth"

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 41 points 8 months ago

I like how the Rebels show introduces the Imperial March in a major key as a diegetic piece of music in the Empire's propaganda (it comes back in Solo, too).

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

top recommended video: The Empire Was Right

yeah not watching that

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 4 points 8 months ago
[-] axont@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I hate the prequels as movies but I really like the presentation of how their galactic society collapses. It's one of the clearest examples in media showing how liberal democracy neatly folds into becoming fascism using all the tools of liberal democracy itself. Lucas isn't a great moviemaker, and also he's sometimes a weird pervert, but I think he understands what liberalism is and what it does.

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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 40 points 8 months ago
[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 34 points 8 months ago

The metaphors will get more direct until revolutionary consciousness is improved.

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago

the simulation broke again

what the fuck, DEVS???

[-] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

When life imitates art

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

The police in Australia did a PR photo with people in Star Wars cosplay one time.

They decided to photograph themselves arresting Jawas whilst stormtroopers stood with them in the photo

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