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Re: Empire's Age?
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Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:05:00 GMT
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> Look at it this way (yes yes, real life to sci-fiction
> comparison), lets say the United States is the Old Republic. None of the
> states can leave because there are laws in place preventing them to do so.
I'm sorry, but the reason why no state can leave is because the Union will send
an army in and occupy them. (reference THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865) Unity is
maintained by, 1)common interests and 2)military might.
> Only an act of Congress(The Galactic Senate) could allow that or military
> action, like the separatists did. And even at that the Separatists were
> just a bunch of hoo-ha made up by Palpatine to lure the Jedis into a trap.
> He bought a clone army for himself, but on the other side IIRC, he bought on
> for himself and destroyed the Jedi that way. Besides if the state (or
> splinter) separated from the others, it would have to be completely
> self-sufficient.
I think a planet or a system could be self-sufficient. why not? we are.
> And note even today as it was in Star Wars times, it is
> hard to do that. I am sure you can figure out why ;) • snip.
> > How did Adolf Hitler come to power
> > in Germany? How did Saddam Hussein come to power in Iraq? What KEPT them in
> > power?
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> What kept them in power was an iron fist. LIKE Palpatine. But look at
> Hitler's reign. Only about 30 years--like the Empire (Ok ok so that is
> comparing it to real life). Sooner or later people are going to start
> standing up to unjustice and rebel.
umm.. try Hitler was in power for 13 years. The way you stay in power is
figure out who your constituents are, and make life as cozy as possible for
them. then, figure out who your most powerful enemies are, and try to make
them like you at least a little. then, crush everyone else as much as possible
so that they could never get to the point of resisting.
The big thing is to never offend anyone with the power to beat you. That's why
hitler failed (attacking USSR and USA), and why Stalin remained in power (no
major war except WW2).
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| (...) Common good is a law/core-democratic value. :)) But as in Ep2 the Republic sent in a ground force as well as trying to make negotiations. (...) We are on the border line. Although we don't really need electronics, most of them come from (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Nice points, but I think it needs a little dash of My 2 Cents. It is hard to buy over here as well (and I don't want to start a starwars war) but according to an official LucasFilm LTD released book, there Old Republic was formed 25,000 years before (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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