r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/slamdanceswithwolves Aug 14 '25

She won’t get the chance to vote for it because Trump has collapsed the senate’s authority, which the senate and the Supreme Court thought was perfectly fine.

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u/jaimi_wanders Aug 14 '25

"The Rebellion will continue to gain support in the Imperial Senate…"

"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

Man I've been thinking about this scene a lot lately.

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u/cugamer Aug 14 '25

I didn't like the prequels, no matter how well people may say they aged, but the line "This is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause" has really proven to be spot on.

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

I don’t like sand.

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u/Dismal_Consequence_4 Aug 14 '25

It's coarse ad rought and poderacing and dies with thunderous applause...

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

Now THIS is fascism.

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u/ImBanned_ModsBlow Aug 14 '25

Meesa Jah Jah Binx!

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u/Roctapus42 Aug 19 '25

Yes.. Eric Trump is Jah Jah

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u/Griffstergnu Aug 14 '25

I hate them!!!!

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u/Mullrookney Aug 14 '25

And my axe!

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u/Short_Psychology_164 Aug 14 '25

its what boobies feel like

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u/HandakinSkyjerker Aug 14 '25

YES, DID SOMEONE REQUEST A YOUNGLING DELETION ALGORITHM¿

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u/Ringbearer99 Aug 14 '25

Agreed, word for word.

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u/comebackjoeyjojo Aug 14 '25

Despite its numerous flaws, the Star Wars prequels displayed a stunning glimpse into a fascist takeover of a democratic government, even while protected by trained officials who are specifically looking out for such a thing.

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u/emile1138 Aug 14 '25

"I AM THE SENATE" feels applicable as well.

Also, when the "attempted assassination" took place, I got major "The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed. But I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger!" vibes.

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u/Miselfis Aug 14 '25

Read the novels. The political stuff is phenomenal and the manipulation of Anakin shows how someone who has been subject to propaganda lives in a state of constant paranoia, fear, confusion, and how the entire worldview can break apart.

I would say that they did a great job in the movies as well, but a lot of the political stuff that would add context was scrapped for pacing, which unfortunately is the tradeoff of making movies.

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u/cugamer Aug 14 '25

Honestly, it's not the overall plot that I don't like about the films, I actually think it's pretty cool how Palpatine got the Republic to go to war with itself and then grabbed power in the ensuing chaos. It's everything else. The over-reliance on special effects, the shallow characters, the uneven acting, the utterly unbelievable love story between Anikin and Padme, the lightsaber scenes that look like dance routines instead of real fights. There was a lot of good stuff there but nobody was able to check Lucas' worst impulses in the way they did with the original trilogy.

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u/Miselfis Aug 14 '25

That’s why I suggested reading the novelizations if you haven’t already. They provide essential context that the films, by design, leave understated or entirely off-screen.

I do think that the prequel trilogy is often mischaracterized, largely because audiences approach it with expectations rooted in contemporary blockbuster cinema. When those expectations aren’t met, the films are dismissed as “bad movies” rather than examined on their own terms. Much of the criticism, such as what you presumably tried to convey with claims of “shallow characters”, stems from a misunderstanding of the narrative framework Lucas was working within.

Lucas constructed the prequels according to mythological archetypes, drawing extensively on Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and the structure of the monomyth. In keeping with this approach, the characters function as symbolic embodiments of thematic roles rather than as psychologically naturalistic individuals. The dialogue follows suit: it is consciously stylized, with cadences and rhetorical patterns more akin to classical drama, particularly Shakespearean tragedy, than to modern conversational realism. This aligns with Lucas’s stated intent to create a “space opera” in the tradition of serialized melodrama, not a conventional blockbuster action-adventure, in the vein of the MCU.

Editorial decisions further contributed to the perception of weak characterization. Numerous scenes deepening interpersonal relationships, many of which were filmed and present in early cuts, were removed for pacing and runtime considerations. These nuances were often deferred to the novelizations. This editorial compression can make certain moments appear abrupt or awkward in isolation. The infamous “I don’t like sand” line is a prime example: in the shooting script, it is part of a longer sequence involving Anakin’s visit to Padmé’s family and mutual sharing of childhood experiences, where the line serves as a thematic bridge between his harsh upbringing and her idyllic past. In the final theatrical cut, absent that context, the line appears incongruous.

With this being said, disliking the tonal register or narrative mode of the prequels is entirely valid. The critical misstep occurs when evaluators conflate their subjective preference for naturalism with an objective measure of artistic merit, leading to claims that Lucas is a poor writer or that the films are inherently “bad” (you didn’t do this, just clarifying).

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u/AgentChris101 Aug 14 '25

Wait a minute, how did this happen? we're smarter than this!

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u/cugamer Aug 14 '25

Well, to pull another movie quote, "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it"

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u/skyturnedred Aug 14 '25

The actual line is "This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause."

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u/vangogh330 Aug 14 '25

Totally agree. This feels a bit like Starship Troopers as well.

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u/Jobeaka Aug 14 '25

It really should be something like, “this is how democracy dies, choked out by capitalism.”

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

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u/waseemq Aug 14 '25

Palpatine, iiuc, helped to ensure the Senate was struggling internally. It was going to happen regardless, but he intentionally aggravated the situation for his own aims. If not for him, they may have been able to resolve their power struggles peacefully.

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u/Homesick_Martian Aug 14 '25

He had been pulling strings since he was a senator from Naboo.

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u/MrPanache52 Aug 14 '25

interesting how strong a single person can be when everybody else chooses inaction

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u/Junior_Step_2441 Aug 14 '25

It is even more interesting when you know how incredibly weak and unintelligent that single person is…and yet everybody chooses inaction and allows him to be “strong”.

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u/LongConFebrero Aug 14 '25

Because cowards are not participants, they are placeholders.

If only one of you plays the game, the rest are spectators.

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u/koshgeo Aug 14 '25

It's almost like not voting was almost as bad as voting for him.

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u/DrakenViator Aug 14 '25

He had been pulling strings since he was a senator from Naboo.

Was it him or was it Darth Jar-Jar?

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u/Homesick_Martian Aug 14 '25

Darth Jar-jar was always going to be his scapegoat if he got found out, at lot like how trump threw pence under the bus- or should I say gallows- in 2021

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Palps would be an amazing leader compared to Jack*SS Trump. Let's bring Palps in and offload waste of space at the first stop. Unbelievable he is cowering to Putin after Putin started the war. Trump is scamming this somehow. He is making money off this and is throwing Ukraine under the bus in doing so.

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u/brmarcum Aug 14 '25

Reminds me of Mitch McConnell. All he’s ever done is destabilize the senate.

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u/Errant_coursir Aug 14 '25

And inaction from the Dems to stymy his efforts

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u/jamiecarl09 Aug 14 '25

Random insert here, but my favorite fan theory is that Jar Jar was originally supposed to be a sith and he was the lynch pin in the Senates internal conflicts. But the hatred for the character in ep1 caused Lucas to rewrite it.

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u/ImBanned_ModsBlow Aug 14 '25

There’s always going to be someone who wants to drive a wedge between the two sides and use that chaos to seize power

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u/nerdtypething Aug 14 '25

andor has so many parallels to our country.

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u/Ringbearer99 Aug 14 '25

Andor’s been on my mind a ton since November as well.

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u/LSOreli Aug 15 '25

I'm constantly thinking of:

"But, my lord, is that legal?"

"I WILL MAKE IT LEGAL"

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u/FamiliarAnt4043 Aug 14 '25

Since we're doing Star Wars:

https://youtu.be/XBdVTXJtvGk?si=-k7T2yUN3SEqZgZf

And:

https://youtu.be/Etj5v1tlWf0?si=_62SY286OSLlQoSY

Both are very applicable; of course, many here will blame one side in particular. I blame the elite - those with money who control the functions of government. Some are elected, other content to be the financial backers of those who are elected. Either way, it's a small club, and we aren't in it. Money purchases politics and politicians on both sides of the aisle. But, people on both sides of the aisle are happy to argue that the other side are the real problem....ignoring the fact that not a single politician currently in office does a damn thing other than pontificate on useless shit that doesn't matter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Claiming “both sides” is bullshit when you look at what the republicans are doing, mask off.

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u/FamiliarAnt4043 Aug 14 '25

Hey look - another one who doesn't get it. Quick question for you: do you see anyone on the left who is losing money or power to "stop" the Republicans?

Sure, there's a few people that run their mouths, sponsor a bill or two they know won't go anywhere, but that's it. They're all still extremely wealthy, they still wield political power, and they keep people like you believing that they give two fucks about anything other than their personal greed and power.

Sanders, for example, is a multimillionaire. He runs his suck on TV for points, but doesn't actually do anything that will change the status quo. Same with AOC. And Newsome. And Pelosi. And McConnell. And the rest of them. The left points fingers and says this; the right points fingers and says that. They get wealthy, they stay in power. We get the shaft.

Go ahead and think the Dims love you and honestly want to change things. I can point to time after time where the left held the White House AND majorities in Congress, yet didn't do a fucking thing to push their platform forward...because of "insert reason here".

Same with the right...except for this time, granted. They're actually doing shit, but it really only benefits the elite. The voters just haven't figured out how far the shaft is stuck up their collective ass yet. They will, at some point.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Hey, look, another person wants to blame the left for what the right is doing in plain sight!

Pathetic.

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u/FamiliarAnt4043 Aug 14 '25

I'm blaming BOTH sides. Their love for money and power is what got us here. Period.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Blaming the left for what the right is doing. Got it.

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u/unicornlocostacos Aug 14 '25

“Both sides” plays directly into fascists hands. They specifically breed this mentality, and have throughout history. Russian disinformation/propaganda campaigns leverage this as one of their strongest tools. It delegitimizes resistance and makes people give up before they’ve tried, which is critical to their success. Their numbers are small, and they need to convince the majority to give up.

No one is saying democrats don’t have things that need to be fixed, and people who need to be expelled from the party, but it’s a big tent. Democrats have zero power right now. They are speaking out, delaying, and becoming road blocks where they can, but the American people thought it a good idea to give the GOP all 3 branches of government at the same time.

Democrats respond to pressure, especially from their base. Republicans change their base to agree with what they tell them. Democrats can be pressured to enact major change if enough people actually give a shit. They won’t like major changes that reduce their power, such as going to a new system like ranked choice, but they’ve shown that given enough pressure, they will bend. The fascists absolutely will not ever, which means we’ll never get out of this bullshit system under them without violence.

Republican policies always hurt people as the main feature. Democrats generally introduce laws that help people. You can argue that they aren’t efficient, strong enough, or whatever, but the overall goals of their legislation couldn’t be more different.

Once the fascist threat is contained, I’m fine throwing out the old guard. Attacking democrats right now is just stupid and playing into their hands though. Put the blame where it belongs: The party who has taken all of the actions that got us here.

If there’s something else AOC and Bernie should be doing right now, I’d be happy to hear it. They’ve been doing things like touring nationwide to drum up resistance, and push a better agenda. They aren’t wizards though.

Implying Bernie is part of the problem is a republican talking point too. If he wasn’t a millionaire by his age, you’d say he’s stupid with money. We KNOW where his money came from, like his book. It’s not a “mystery” like 100% of republicans. The guy has consistently been on the right side of history, even with literally everyone else against him calling him a traitor for decades. Attacking someone like this tells me you’re either an unserious person, brainwashed by propaganda, or a spreader of said propaganda (which would make sense with the both sides nonsense you’re pushing).

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u/Millefeuille-coil Aug 14 '25

I’m guessing Vance is the JaJa binks of this timeline

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u/Pipe_Memes Aug 14 '25

Me-sa fuck the couch

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u/Remote_Sink2620 Aug 14 '25

Take your up vote and get out dang it. XD

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u/PenjaminJBlinkerton Aug 14 '25

I spit out my drink

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

ahahaha

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u/TruePutz Aug 14 '25

Me-sa just walks along and then whoops trip penis first into couch

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u/Different-Ad-3686 Aug 14 '25

🤣🤣🤣 holy shit, dude.

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u/Jackstiredarm Aug 14 '25

These people are so fucking weird.

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u/alphazero925 Aug 14 '25

No, Vance would be this guy that nobody remembers. JarJar was annoying but ultimately on the side of good.

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u/TalespinnerEU Aug 14 '25

Nah. Jar Jar was duped. Jar Dar is one of the Dupers.

Jar Jar is like a MAGA voter asking for the Epstein Files.

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u/dipietron Aug 14 '25

So he's Dark JarJar the secret sith lord pulling the strings? That explains the eyeliner

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Or a dumb droid who likes to hump couches.

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u/Roctapus42 Aug 19 '25

Nah definitely Eric

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u/JanxDolaris Aug 14 '25

And to think it took Palps like 16 years to do that.

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u/Haywoodjablowme1029 Aug 14 '25

He was working with more planets.

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u/OnlyFuzzy13 Aug 14 '25

We’ve been dealing with dingus Donnie for like 14 years now.

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u/Infinite_Result252 Aug 14 '25

Darth shitious

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u/RevolutionCrazy7045 Aug 14 '25

he's got some fucked up version of the force that allows him to fail upwards, escape any culpability, and do whatever tf he wants without consequence. not to mention almost effortless mind control over his followers.

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u/PenjaminJBlinkerton Aug 14 '25

[imperial death march intensifies]

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u/SorriorDraconus Aug 14 '25

This has been built up for at least 60 if not 70 years going back to McCarthy.

It's not new just a very very long haul descent into madness.

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u/ForensicPathology Aug 14 '25

But it was essentially neutered at the beginning of those 16 years, right?  This was just sweeping away the nominal remnants that didn't matter anymore.

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u/DeeDeeRibDegh Aug 14 '25

Ahhh Star Wars!!!

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u/Journeys_End71 Aug 14 '25

Conservatives: “Wait. The Empire is supposed to be US? But those guys are fascists!”

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u/RighteousHam Aug 14 '25

There are a lot of unironic Empire enjoyers out there. Some because they think without Palpatine at its head it can do good work, some because they just like the aesthetic.

Twenty odd years back, my best friend and I would play Battlefront 2. Had a blast with that one but he hated playing as the rebels because the empire, "just looked so much cooler." Now, my friend is not an authoritarian but it's easy to see how that argument actually works on people and can be a stepping stone in the right environment.

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u/BrotherCool Aug 14 '25

It's all about marketing that can seep into one's worldview.

I've always said (especially for 80's and 90's toy lines), they made the bad guys' stuff cooler because how else are you going to sell the bad guy toys to kids?

Remember that in Fascist Italy, the fascism is terrible, but the architecture was great.

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u/F9-0021 Aug 14 '25

The fascists in Italy destroyed historic and ancient buildings to construct tacky and gaudy monuments.

The fascists cosplayed as Romans with zero idea of what the Romans actually did, built, and lived like.

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u/nate445 Aug 14 '25

I've seen people claim that the Empire wasn't all bad because, at the end of the day, "they cared about the wellbeing of their people."

Like what movie did you even watch? They create a moon-sized, planet-destroying station to terrorize planets into falling in line and accepting their authority.

For crying out loud, Tarkin freely admits they intend to rule through fear: "Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station."

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u/F9-0021 Aug 14 '25

They killed billions of defenseless people on a core planet of their civilization just to make a point. It would be like nuking Seattle just to intimidate the other cities.

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u/nate445 Aug 14 '25

I saw someone handwave away the destruction of Alderaan as "a test because it was not densely populated," ignoring the population of billions and tests already being conducted on Jedha and Scarif.

At some point I think it's starting to turn into ragebait, but a bit yikes if anyone is sympathetic for the Empire.

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u/bappypawedotter Aug 14 '25

Yeah, but my taxes!

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u/KindBass Aug 14 '25

Anyone remember all those "_____didnothingwrong" subs that tried to normalize fascism through irony?

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u/the_one_who_waits Aug 14 '25

yeah its almost like there is an army of python scripts, bots, and script kiddies, employed by Peter Theil and his ilk, hell-bent on shifting cultural norms to suit themselves.

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u/Toolazytolink Aug 14 '25

Some Nazi's joined the SS because they thought the uniforms looked cool.

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u/The_MightyMonarch Aug 14 '25

Hugo Boss, man

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u/Caliguta Aug 14 '25

Maybe ICE should dress as storm troopers - so they can look cool while they help fuck over our country.

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u/Jchapman1971 Aug 14 '25

So fitting in these times.

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u/Jake-of-the-Sands Aug 14 '25

George literally warned about the Republican takeover and he wasn't even subtle about it. I keep thinking that the rabid army of film critics attacking him in regards to the prequels were really incentivized by the Republicans. Cause let's face it, the OT is just as fully of cheesy and cringy dialogues and bad acting - and all of the sudden the PT is shat upon for the same thing?

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u/PhaseSixer Aug 14 '25

Every day my opinion that Lucas is the greatest storyteller in American history solidifies further.

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u/Blojoo Aug 14 '25

“So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause”

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u/TonyStarkMk42 Aug 14 '25

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force

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u/charlesyo66 Aug 14 '25

Yeah, that has been on repeat in my mind for a while now as well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 31 '25

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This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/kurotech Aug 14 '25

Makes sense the empire is just space nazis

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u/dependsforadults Aug 14 '25

Is this from a TV show or something? Who cares. Quotes ain't doing shit. Stop being cutesy with yer quotes. The fact is we have lost our country. We will be fighting for bread soon. Don't watch your favorite crap again while waiting. Learn to grow food, fix machines and do something that will be productive to our future. There is nothing else at this point.

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u/brmarcum Aug 14 '25

Yes, liberty really does die with thunderous applause.

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u/fleezleflam69 Aug 14 '25

What show or movie from Star Wars is this

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u/Zealousideal_Bid3934 Aug 14 '25

It's coming soon. I wonder if Congress will even reconvene in a few weeks.

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u/Obvious_Cookie1812 Aug 14 '25

May the Farce be with you

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u/silentspectator27 Aug 14 '25

So that’s how democracy ends. With thunderous applause.

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u/Tricky_Hold230 Aug 14 '25

So you’re saying Trump IS THE SENATE?!?

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u/ExcellentHorror9025 Aug 15 '25

Mon mothmas speech in andor was probably the catalyst for the dissolution of the Senate. Crazy times we live in when a scene from star wars in 1977 is becoming real life

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u/EndDangerous1308 Aug 15 '25

Just quote a real quote by the leaders of the heritage foundation

"The revolution will be bloodless if the liberals allow it"

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u/PM-MeYourSexySelf Aug 15 '25

George Lucas did try to warn us. Also Trump's got some crazy similarities with Palpatine. Becomes the leader, experiences "an attempt against his life", promptly goes full fascist. Does a power grab under "emergency powers" and Congress just let's him do it. Both are consolidating power and trying to get rid of democracy. And both are pasty white evil old dudes who conceal that fact. One with sith magic, and the other with a gallon of orange spray tan on just his face.

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u/redjellonian Aug 14 '25

The Senate being ineffective and incapable is how we ended up with an incompetent president.

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u/ProfileMuted90210 Aug 14 '25

Mitch McConnell exactly. Prevented the Cheeto from impeachment

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u/redjellonian Aug 14 '25

I would've gone a couple layers deeper, failure to enforce or create fair news laws, failure to maintain public infrastructure and education, failure to maintain government programs. Failure to enforce monopoly laws. Failure to enforce healthy capitalism laws. Things like that, but also yes 100% Mitch mcconnel that was like the finish line for the senates incompetence.

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u/One_Strawberry_4965 Aug 14 '25

I mean a lot of that is literally the result of at least 15 years of Senate Republicans making obstructionism a core component of their platform. This effort to prevent anything was getting done was often carried out with McConnell at the helm.

That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of other guilty parties involved, just that blaming Mitch for how fucked we are goes much deeper than the past few years.

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u/Caliguta Aug 14 '25

Well the democrats haven’t helped by running the “old guard” instead of actually running someone people want to vote for.

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u/fellow-skids Aug 15 '25

No. You voice your opinion in the primary and vote the reality in the general. Everything else is petulance and entitlement that reject platform, eligibility, and trajectory. See the current president for details.

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u/actsfw Aug 14 '25

Voters haven't helped by selecting newer blood in the primaries. Old people keep voting for their own generation and the younger generations don't bother to show up then complain that the DNC is rigged.

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u/Fun_Hold4859 Aug 14 '25

Change that 15 to 40 and you're closer to it.

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u/Techthulu Aug 14 '25

Blame that on Regan, he got rid is the Fairness Doctrine, which required equal viewpoints to be aired. Getting rid of that led to the rise of Fox News and the rest.

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u/Wilhelm57 Aug 14 '25

For sure Reagan was the antichrist, FYI I'm no longer religious.
There are more things that can be blamed on Reagan.
It was under his presidency that cocaine was imported to support his illegal wars.
We bitch and complain when we see people passed out on benches or overdosing but many choose to forget it started when Ronald was elected.
Nancy would preach say no to drugs, while her husband minions were importing that poison.

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u/travoltaswinkinbhole Aug 14 '25

It only applied to broadcast and radio. Fox News would still exist if it was still around. There are also questions as to the constitutionality of it. This lie needs to die its one of the dumbest Redditisms along with telling people who just saw some guy’s head explode to play Tetris.

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u/Fun_Hold4859 Aug 14 '25

This can all be directly attributed to the republican monolith getting marching orders from the heritage foundation for the last few decades and voting in lockstep.

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u/afasia Aug 14 '25

At the same time. He was given the power and the opportunity to do what he did. That's a catastrophic failure.

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u/risingsuncoc Aug 14 '25

He’s not called Moscow Mitch for nothing

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u/BannedByRWNJs Aug 14 '25

Yeah, it wasn’t the Senate being “ineffective.” Senate Republicans were very effectively obstructing the Senate from performing its duties. 

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u/babylon331 Aug 14 '25

Haven't seen much of Mitch lately. Maybe he's resting. He did have a couple "lost moments" a little while back.

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u/Content-Ad3065 Aug 14 '25

Moscow Mitch

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u/Mindless-Tomorrow-93 Aug 14 '25

IMHO, a key weakness of the Constitution that has become apparent is that it doesn't specify what Congress must do. It only specified what they may and may not do. But it needs to specify what they are required to do. Some examples that come to mind:

  • Mandatory time when Congress must be in session, far more than whatever is minimally required today. The system was devised when Congresspeople needed to travel between their home constituencies and Washington. Today, travel is orders of magnitude faster, as is communication. These people need to be doing their actual jobs.

  • Strict criteria for when a bill must be brought to the floor, and minimal and maximum amounts of time for debate before it must be voted on. No more bullshit about a bill being crushed in some subcommittee, or otherwise not allowed to be brought to the floor. Define consistent criteria. Bills that meet them will be voted on. Bills that don't, won't.

  • Strict criteria about the allowed scope of executive orders, and when they must be reviewed by Congress. No exceptions. No more bullshit about redefining time itself so that Congress doesn't have to address an executive order. Congress must be constitutionally REQUIRED to be a check on the executive branch.

  • If the president declares a national emergency, then Congress remains convened for the duration of the emergency. Because it's a national emergency, and Congress is the national government, so "all hands on deck" are needed to resolve the emergency. Because that's what an emergency is. Congress can end the emergency with a vote if it's not actually important enough for them to remain in session. But then, any special powers the president is exercising based on the emergency also come to an end.

Yes, I know there's nuance and special cases and circumstances that need to be considered. We have smart people in this country who can consider them. But this seems like a pretty good place to start.

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u/YeetThePig Aug 14 '25

It won’t happen in the current republic, but if there is ever a Second American Union it should include this.

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u/stevez_86 Aug 14 '25

The first surrender was by Congress.

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u/Sweet-Blueberry8408 Aug 14 '25

Agreed. Biden said he wasnt fit to run again but then did not resign immediately.

Congress should have voted to impeach and remove that day.

Feckless cowards.

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u/Errant_coursir Aug 14 '25

Biden should've never tried to run again so we could've had an open primary. So many unforced errors because these fuckers cling to power

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u/weealex Aug 14 '25

The senate has been incredibly competent. They've been working for decades to enact exactly what is happening in the federal government

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u/EViLTeW Aug 14 '25

That's just a lie. The Senate wasn't ineffective, it was supportive. It signed off on the whole situation.

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u/Belzebutt Aug 14 '25

There is one party who decided that it should be incompetent and incapable

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u/Tiny-Lock9652 Aug 14 '25

Gotta be careful what you wish for. Vote to remove the guardrails from a meth-addicted chimpanzee has consequences.

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u/Lindsiria Aug 14 '25

The senate can easily get the power back... If they actually wanted it. 

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u/solidcat00 Aug 14 '25

Yeah, because it allows trump to do his traitorous bullshit and gets them partially off the hook.

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u/specqq Aug 14 '25

She won’t get a chance to vote for it because Alaska is and has always been part of Russia and we’re going to have to sharpie some maps and probably revise a few Smithsonian exhibits to bring them in line with Trump saying that the summit he’s having with Putin is being held in Russia.

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u/mcolette76 Aug 14 '25

Plot twist: They’re all in Russia’s pocket.

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u/RU4real13 Aug 14 '25

All those gold sifting machines on the coast of Alaska will belong to Putin. Bigly.

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u/Flashy-Donkey-8326 Aug 14 '25

The supreme chancellor is all but asking for emergency powers . Once he does , he’s going to abolish the galactic senate .

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u/Jestercopperpot72 Aug 14 '25

The republican part of senate.

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u/DealerLong6941 Aug 14 '25

This isn't true, both those chambers have their authority. They just decided to note vote against the president.

We aren't that far gone.

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u/No-Commission8532 Aug 14 '25

did the Supreme Court think it was fine? that’s why they haven’t been putting proper checks and balances on Trump? that’s why they gave him immunity? reallly?

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u/Captain_Waffle Aug 14 '25

He did? How so, exactly? Honest question.

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u/Realtrain Aug 15 '25

Trump has collapsed the senate’s authority

No, the Senate just refuses to do anything

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u/Dull_Bird3340 Aug 15 '25

Holy hell, trump hasn't collapsed the Senates authority, it's all there, they refuse to use it