Eric Geller

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

@darth @BeijingPalmer There is a good recent book, The Princess and the Scoundrel, which, while mainly about Han and Leia's honeymoon, also explores the idea that the companies previously fattened by Imperial contracts are now seeking work for the NR. They're opportunists. They can go with the flow. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 29, 2022

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

@darth @BeijingPalmer Several things going on here. First, yes, constructing the Death Stars involved enormous slave labor, resource extraction, etc. that fueled local uprisings. Second, the vast corporate layer wasn't toppled, it was just re-harnessed to serve the New Republic. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 29, 2022

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@darth @BeijingPalmer So the idea that a few military victories were enough to dismantle an entire system of interlocking corporate and political interests misses the fact that the corporate interests were happy to see the political interests lose out because they knew they'd still thrive afterward. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 29, 2022