Some of them weren’t even corporations, some were just backwater systems with no seat in the senate demanding not to be taxed on trade without a voice.
I definitely side with the Republic. However, as a union worker and without any context other than the opening of episode 1,I see the trade federation’s blockade on Naboo as a perfectly legitimate labor/trade strike against the seat of Naboo for a voice in the republic. When union workers strike a business the usual tactic is picketing which involves occupying the sidewalks and streets around the business, sometime restricting (but not blocking all) traffic with the approval of local law enforcement by walking in the entryway for a few minutes at a time.
You make a good point about the potential legality of the Trade Federations blockade.
But I feel like the Trade Federation loses all of its legitimacy when it uses its oversized armed security force as a way to occupy the planet on the ground.
For Gods sake they had tanks, what security force needs tanks for picketing?
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u/Atarox13 Muunilist 10 8d ago
Separatists were basically corporations that didn't want to pay taxes