sfxrlz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 days agoWe could be going towards a Star Trek like earth, but instead we're going for Star Wars like democraciesmessage-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down13
arrow-up1240arrow-down1message-squareWe could be going towards a Star Trek like earth, but instead we're going for Star Wars like democraciessfxrlz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 days agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squarehungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoI’m not familiar with Star Wars, but I remember hearing something about the original movies being intended as commentary/allegory for the Vietnam war?
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoYeah the Empire represents the USA. The rebels represent the Vietcong. Star Wars is literally US imperialism in space.
I’m not familiar with Star Wars, but I remember hearing something about the original movies being intended as commentary/allegory for the Vietnam war?
Yeah the Empire represents the USA.
The rebels represent the Vietcong.
Star Wars is literally US imperialism in space.