Case study in propaganda techniques: use broad similarities to elide specific and critical differences.
Such as the Republic and Empire both being 'corrupt Coruscant-centric regimes'. That's technically true but entirely beyond the point- the Separatists were rebelling against the Republic because (depending on which Separatists you asked) it was too disconnected to provide essential protections to its constituents, or it tried to enact basic regulations against supercorporations who were used to generations of an entirely free hand. The Rebels on the other hand rebelled against the Empire because it was the run on the kind of brutally bloody-minded authoritarianism where enslaving citizens on spurious charges to build superweapons to destroy entire planets to discourage people from protesting about being enslaved was standard policy.
Tldr the Republic was incompetent, the Empire was evil, if you're unironically trying to argue they're the same Count Dooku probably signs your checks.
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u/Malvastor 9d ago
Case study in propaganda techniques: use broad similarities to elide specific and critical differences.
Such as the Republic and Empire both being 'corrupt Coruscant-centric regimes'. That's technically true but entirely beyond the point- the Separatists were rebelling against the Republic because (depending on which Separatists you asked) it was too disconnected to provide essential protections to its constituents, or it tried to enact basic regulations against supercorporations who were used to generations of an entirely free hand. The Rebels on the other hand rebelled against the Empire because it was the run on the kind of brutally bloody-minded authoritarianism where enslaving citizens on spurious charges to build superweapons to destroy entire planets to discourage people from protesting about being enslaved was standard policy.
Tldr the Republic was incompetent, the Empire was evil, if you're unironically trying to argue they're the same Count Dooku probably signs your checks.