I guess the question would be whether opposition parties to Palpatine's were permitted in the Imperial Senate?
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Yes, some, like Leia, where legitimately elected.
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The Republic is more of a confederacy or leaguer in the mold of the Delian League; it just *can't* be a modern state, it's too fragmented and scattered.
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Yeah, it's relevant here that the Empire is an autocracy, but not really a fascist state.
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It's a *wannabe* fascist system, and its leadership are clearly fascists and/or being used as analogies for RL fascists, but it's a bit more complicated in a historical sense.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @mssilverstein and
Like I was recently talking with friends about the Stormtroopers and what they and the Grand Army and Moff system represent, and in practice they're Palpatine setting up an alternative system of government to replace the legal government of the Republic w/one he controls.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @mssilverstein and
A pattern that various strongman rulers do throughout history, but not *limited* to fascism. Fascism is more defined by a particular set of cultural and organizational mores *applied* to a modern autocrat and his supporters. (I.e. "is Napoleon a fascist?")
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It's there in supplemental materials, just not the movie. palpatine specifically is a homophobe who believes women are obligated to pump out babies, which after the latest movie seems like a... questionable stance, but it is canon
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Reypatine would be pregnant all the time while electrocuting people
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Whoa that's a problematic name
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