Everything I know about politics I learned from 'Star Wars' - Galt's Gulch

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Everything I know about politics I learned from 'Star Wars'

Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 2 months ago to Politics

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Do you like Star Wars? Do you like politics? Well then, you'll appreciate this interesting article.

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Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years, 2 months ago

"Life is 'good' if you do what you're told." It hardly sounds like life at all.

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Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 2 months ago

I didn't know that Darth liked to play golf ;-)

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Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.

Yep. And as you know, it will end in applause. I also salute you for saying "republic" versus "democracy". Good job.

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Posted by Snoogoo 11 years, 2 months ago

The story helps to illustrate how easily a republic can turn into an empire. If we don't pay attention, we are just one galactic senate vote away from tyranny, a.k.a., the dark side.

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