What has she done to stop the genocide on Alderaan? : politicalmemes

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 34 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Spicy thread and I’m just going to go get my popcorn

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago

No, you must participate! You're the reason this country is falling apart!!

[+] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml -6 points 3 hours ago (8 children)

How the fuck do you cast the democrats as having no agency

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 11 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Vader didn't blow up a planet. He didn't stop it from getting blown up but he was more of an accessory to it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Trump didn't stop Jamal Kashoggi from getting murdered with a meat saw, so I guess they're similar that way.

[–] Unbecredible@lemm.ee -2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Was he particularly in a position to stop that?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

Stopping him from getting murdered by the Saudis? Maybe.

Done something about it afterward? Definitely.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (6 children)

Yeah, all he did was help Palpatine build the Death Star, and it was Tarkin who actually gave the order. Do these anti-Vader people even understand what his role is as Sith Lord?

These single-issue voters who refuse to vote for Vader just because of the Aderaan issue are just helping Palpatine. Why does everyone suddenly care so much about Alderaan anyway?

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

No, Elon Musk is Leia and Trump is Han Solo. I'll link you the fan fic.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's okay. You really don't have to go to the trouble. You really don't have to.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I think you're going to like the part about Luke and Leia's kiss though. I'm not going to spoil it though, ok I can't help myself

spoiler

Rudy Giuliani is Luke

[–] JaymesRS 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Is that the one where “Han” “upgrades” the Falcon to a Cybertruck because it “totally has more storage, bro!”

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I'm just here imagining Luke getting his hand chopped off by the cybertruck power trunk mechanism instead of by Vader.

[+] ShadowFlower@lemm.ee -12 points 6 hours ago (11 children)

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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (5 children)

Nope and nope.

Guess who's ringing up Netanyahu telling him not to agree authenticity the ceasefire? Yes, that's right, the nation's most popular insurrectionist and peace hater, Donald J Trump, and guess whose geriatric genocidal actions were not mentioned by you at all in a heroic act of something I'm sure psychologists have a name for, yes that's right, it's that loony loopy idtiot former president, losing his marbles in public on the television, yes, it's two for two, good old (well, ok, old at least), Donald J Trump!

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[+] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 hours ago

In this analogy, did Princess Leia build the Death Star and blow up Alderaan? Ridiculous levels of whitewashing.

[+] NewDark@lemmings.world -10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did Leia keep claiming she wants the most lethal military in the galaxy too?

[–] essell@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

She was a leading figure in a paramilitary organisation, both before and after the death of the emperor. So, maybe?

[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 1 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

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?

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, you'd think that would be exactly what she wanted.

[+] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee -23 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I must have missed the part of the movie where Leia devotes a significant amount of her planets resources to building the deathstar while her constituents screamed for her to stop

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 41 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Evidently you did, because it's mentioned that she was a member of the Imperial Senate right up till it was dissolved. She participated directly in the government that built a weapon of mass destruction and used it to commit a genocidal act of state terrorism. Thankfully, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, they never invented purity testing so people like you weren't wrenching their spines in an effort to suck their own dicks about it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

She was still in the senate when her ship was captured by Vader at the beginning of Star Wars.

Leia: I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan.

Vader: You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor.

[–] banner80@fedia.io 27 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

That sums it up well. Leia wasn't unclear about her morals and goals. She was working in government with the intention of making things better, instead of sitting outside of government and bitching while doing nothing to help.

The baddies were sick of her constant efforts to derail their plans, so once they had enough fascist power to start going after their political rivals, they went after her.

Being in government does not make everyone automatically a willing participant of all of that government's policies. You wouldn't accuse Bernie or AOC of being cozy with GOP bullshit. But people around here are very happy to blame Harris for everything they perceive to be going wrong in the gov, while casually dismissing that Trump is 10X worse at the same topics.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Michelle Obama made a speech on this. Trump is not getting demands. She is.

Mr Concept of a Plan after 8 years isn’t pushed at all. Meanwhile, we need more details on the articulated plans of Harris. It’s quite the mismatched standard.

Also, Biden is her boss. She’s not the boss yet. New bosses do different things with the company when they take over.

[–] JaymesRS 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And they don’t publicly undercut the old bosses while being second in charge especially in sensitive diplomatic situations.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Exactly. Maybe Harris is in lockstep with Biden on Israel or maybe it would just be a really bad idea to undercut him while she needs his support.

Who knows? We won't know until she's actually in charge.

I'm old enough to remember that Al Gore didn't rock the Clinton boat either. I doubt he would have been another Bill Clinton.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -5 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Who knows? We won’t know until she’s actually in charge.

~~Trump~~ Harris is just saying that to appease ~~the Deep State~~ Zionist voters, but once they're in office, they'll reveal that it was all an act and they're actually going to do all the stuff we want. Trust the plan.

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

She was working in government with the intention of making things better

She was literally working for an armed rebellion actively fighting a war with the aim of overthrowing the government.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -2 points 8 hours ago

Clearly, the solution is to vote in the Imperial Senate if you want to affect change.

Unless you're trying to say Kamala Harris is secretly working for Hamas or something?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago

I see that you understand that, much like a vice president, that is something someone with the powers of a princess can do.

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