Re: American Liberals are Sith
It is my stance that Liberals in America are Sith. Based on the Star Wars series of course, and the books. I will start with the vehicles.
The Tie Fighter was the weapon of choice for the Empire. Solar powered, ion engines, cramped occupant space, no cargo capabilities, needed a Central Station to get from planet to planet, no accessories, and designed to be mass produced in quantity, not quality.
This is compared to the Green Solar initiative, electric engines ideal which has lead to cars such as the Volt and Smart Car... vehicles with almost no space, no accessories and are hoped to be mass produced for a population undesiring of them.
Now the Tie Fighter did have variants, including the Tie Bomber... but they were all variants baseed off of the same basic model.
Now the alliance did not have just one core craft. They had the A-Wing, the B-Wing, the X-Wing and the Y-Wing. Additionally they had upgraded the X-Wing from the Z-Wing as well.
The alliance fighters had space aplenty for their pilots, were powered with fuel (remember the fueling scene in Empire Strikes Back?)
Each of these fighters was mostly made at different manufactorers, which shows Capitalism at work (this tidbit from the book series).
The differences also continue to Capital Ships.
The big arrow head ships of the Empire were based on one main form/shape. The stunning universality of it was kept from little to big on their Capital ships. The alliance however (and including in games and the book series) had a wide variety of ships and vessels.
In space craft there is two other important lessons...
The Empire littered and wasted resources. Most will insist this is not a liberal ideal. All I will say to this is drive into the Peoples Republic of Chicago, to the more socialist districts, and tell me that litter does not exist. As for wasting resources they do that all the time by preventing forest management because fires take a lot of effort to put down where thinning and/or removing deadwood (when done for profit) has no cost.
The second note is the difference in the empire of the haves and the have nots. Note that officers generally travelled around in the imperial shuttle. It was a graceful, luxurious vessel (though cargo variants existed) , designed for the elite of the Empire.
Next we have the political structure.
The Old Republic comes first. It was made up of a Federal Government over a number of planets. Each planet had envoys they made to the Federal Government who had voting power.
Each planet had the means to choose their own government, and Governments ranged from Meritocracies, to Republics, to Kingdoms, and even Dictatorships.
The Empire was created by belief in a single person, such as Obama, solving all the ills of society, and by giving him much expanded powers (Similar to Cuba, North Korea. Venzuela, Cambodia, and so forth).
The empire seized control of all star systems through gradual increases in central power.
The New Republic (as shown especially in the book series) was a return to a normal Republic with planetary aspects, but what appeared to be popular voting for the leadership (my read on it).
Businesses are also a good case study.
The Empire seized business after business (While at Thespin Lando noted it was harder and harder to do business thanks to the Empire), and was aimed at Government takeovers (ala General Motors style). It is important to note that the Empire seized control of the drug industry (of which Han Solo was a smuggler for those wishing to avoid the Government) similar to what some nations have done in the past.
The training of Sith and Jedi also is a clear point of difference
The Sith are trained to follow their emotions. "Your anger gives you strength". In the books we are also shown the Sith believed in corrupting others, in bribery, in assassinating opponents, in smuggling, and in other illicit deals. They tended to operate from the shadows, even when they got into positions of power, with a public persona and a private persona.
Contrast this to modern times and we see Chinese donations to Democrat elections, pay to play schemes, building up emotions of anger in the population over the cop in Harvard and the recent self defense shootiing in Florida, the Democide of political opponents in N. Korea, China, Russia, Cuba, and more, the concealed background of Obama (what were his grades, what did he study, who were classmates, etc.), and the Corn Husker Kickback.
But lets return to the most critical part: Emotions.
By far and large the left lives on emotions. "It's not fair", "It's not right", and so forth exist in zounds for the left. To see emotions ruling the person one need look only at such examples as the Rodney King riots, the Wisconsin Unions, the attitudes torwards those who cross picket lines, the Zimmerman case, and the Occupy Wall Street crowd.
The left is literally ruled by their emotions and can be made to mobilize if something can affect their emotions.
The Jedi were taught to remain free from emotion, to think things through, to find the true answers. The Jedi operated openly, and were reknown at being Diplomats. They did not shy from using force if required to defend themselves or others, but did not use it otherwise. They had a council which made decisions for the whole, and had a private school to teach their students.
The Jedi loved the ideal of freedom, of law, peace, and they were always willing to provide help, not via Government but from themselves.
We Conservatives try to think things through before making judgement, we follow laws and do not let our emotions weigh us down. We always have wanted peace, though we acknowledge evil exists and must be watched for.
We tend to give more of our own, and fight to stop Government hand-outs. We believe in school choice, and prefer a Republic to a tyranny. We believe in Freedoms and Rights. We also acknowledge responsibility. We are Jedi.
An important part in the book series is the racism that grew in the Empire. It was so strong that Wookies were made slaves, as were other species sometimes. In particular we saw the decimation of the Jawa's. Jawa's are similar to gypsies. Wookies would be a representation of 'big hairy neanderthals' a common statement (amongst similar others) of the left of people on the right. Additionally Wookies were extremely smart and highly technical (book series) but could not speak human (at least generally)..
This racism is exhibited against any race which rejects the 'morals' of the left.
However it goes beyond just that for comparisons. Alderaan was for instance destroyed by the Death Star. This was a form of Democide against those who were not full supporters of the Empire.
In real life this is represented by the massive amounts of Democide done by China, USSR, North Vietnam, N. Korea, Cambodia, and all in the name of Socialism [Look Democide up online, the evidence for my statement exists].
Those who do not support socialism are the enemies. We saw this with the movie depicting the murder of George W. Bush, we see it with the targeting of non-union jobs by unions, we see it with the peace marches against Republicans but not Democrats, we see it with the bussed in protesters to the houses of those who do not follow the Democrat line, we see it with the Black Panthers standing outside a voting station with batons, and we see it with the coordinated fake outrages of the left.
The characters in the stories also support this.
Han Solo was a man out to get a buck who thought the Government was a pain more than a solution. He smuggled drugs, weapons, and gambled. He was a Libertarian who was mostly anti-war at the start, but was drawn into it for three reasons: 1) Love, 2) the end of his being able to smuggle, 3) the Empire knew who he was.
Lando was the consument businessman and gambler. He could find profit anywhere. His problem was that he got kicked out of many ventures by the Empire. When he famously sided with the Empire to save his company he was betrayed. Lesson learned for him, but sadly not for our industries... lying down with the enemy can be very dangerous.
Luke Skywalker was a semi-ignorant farmer. He did not know much of the Empire or the Rebellion. He learned the hard way and thus became a champion according to the story line. He was rural, Conservative, a believer, cared for his family, and went on to destroy the Emporer. His story did not end there, in the books he championed an effort to understand the force, he helped in a few key ways, flirted with the dark side, abandoned the dark side. His story of the dark side reads like what those recovering from drug addictions say... it never truly leaves you, the urge to return.
Chewbacca was a warrior once, and somewhere fell in with Han Solo. He was a friend with Han, but at times he was also Han's concious. I wont try to classify him except to say... he was a soldier of the right.
R2D2 was a rugged individualist who followed those he respected. While supposedly property he was treated as a friend. In this capacity he represented a soldier through and through.
C3PO "Cybernetic human relations" was a servant, but as an unsure diplomat who preffered peace, though he never nay sayed any combat to harshly.
Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker started as a poor boy in a bad land saved by the Jedi. He grew up in the Jedi and was respected for his growing skills and his potential. When he converted to the dark side it was total. He killed children, stalked other Jedi, plotted and planned against even the Emporer.
He was a man of the right gone to the left after being given a high level of power and authority. Such as Ruth Ginsburg, such as McCain, and such as Arlen Spector. Amazingly instead of losing power he kept it, and even grew. Only at death did he finally repent.
The Emporer Palpatine, aka Darth Lord Sidious of the Sith, was a man with a flowery tongue with great speeches. His double side was little known outside his circle as ambassador for Naboo and he got to be leader of the Republic on the percieved inability of his predecessor.
Then Palpatine used his influence to create discord, none of which could be directly tied to him. Eventually a group, best described as corporate in nature, rebelled against him. We know of course that the Clone Wars ended badly for them.
First he sought emergency powers 'for the crisis'. Later as the Crisis expanded he universally reformed the Republic to an Empire.. "to thunderous applause".
All eggs were placed in his basket. Compare this to N. Korea, to Venzuela, to China, and to Cuba. Compare his oratory to Obama. Yes i am going there, and willingly.
Yoda... is like a friend of mine, who fought orally for the Republic before i ever did, then lost hope and is withdrawn. I hope one day to draw him out and make him be the strong Jedi he was once more. He is cranky, stubborn in his insistance the time of the Jedi (Conservative cause) is over but he still makes his smart alec remarks time to time. I hold out hope he will train a new Jedi and perhaps take up the saber again himself.
The story of Star Wars is one of Liberalism versus Reaganism. Yes I went there to. The Republic needs you if you stand for freedom, the Republic will fall without those stepping up. Join us by becoming a Precinct Committee Person.
Excuse typos, typed up over the last week on my phone. I will fix later with my laptop.
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