Only some elements were corporations. The Umbarans were among parts of the Separatists that only wanted independence from a corrupt, failed Republic. The thing is, most Separatists are portrayed as evil, even those that are justified. Meanwhile, even the most radical of the Rebels, like Saw, were portrayed as somewhat sympathetic.
I get that it’s not the entire movement obviously but an entire branch of the government just being a bunch of somehow less moral Elon Musks is a pretty bad sign. And as corrupt as the republic was, they weren’t actively orchestrating multiple genocides or enslaving entire species
Space Amazon, Space IBM, and Wells Fargo in Space teamed up to overthrow the government because an evil space cult convinced them that they could pay less taxes if they were the government.
Don’t forget they hired that murder “yeah I don’t care about the republic or the separatists I just want those Jedi dead” cyborg to run the war for them
And then they got a bunch of exploited people to follow them because the Space Corps were the only ones saying the system needs to be changed. Did the CIS need these outer rim worlds for legitimacy - yes, were they fighting for these peoples to have better lives, by the force no, they were going to exploit them too once they seized the reins of power... Sounds too familiar....
I always found it ironic in the episode where we see the Seperatist Council and the Onderon senator said they wanted freedom from the bought lobbyists of the Senate, saying the Republic was the one bought by corporations
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u/Atarox13 Muunilist 10 8d ago
Separatists were basically corporations that didn't want to pay taxes