• Aru
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    deleted by creator

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      That’s because George Lucas literally stated that the empire and the rebels were in part inspired by the Vietnam War. Namely, the empire was inspired by the US and the rebels the Viet Cong.

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        A conspiracy theorist in me then wonders if shit like r/Empiredidnothingwrong was a psy op

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      They are liberals, they have less empathy for real humans than for movie characters.

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    Reddit and imperialist boot-licking, nothing new. That meme where the concept critiqued flies over the person’s head, would fit in here great. ‘Wow, cool empire’ the redditors would say.