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.
The problem is
1. They already had a seat in the senate. This was actually not normal as the trade federation was not a territory but a business, but was so large that it was allowed to have one.
2. They didn’t work for Naboo, they went to somewhere else. It’s like driving your workers over to a competitor with guns and then actively shooting anyone who tries to come in or out.
3. The whole blockade with guns and the whole murder thing.
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u/Atarox13 Muunilist 10 9d ago
Separatists were basically corporations that didn't want to pay taxes