if they disband the Rebellion and just "scatter"
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Jyn's speech is premised on the idea that it won't be, that after this moment decline is inevitable
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the Empire will just grow and grow until every tiny pocket of freedom is stamped out
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it's the same argument "Why can't we go back to the Shire and hide" in LotR
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so ironically in this framing courage comes from lack of hope
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the belief that things will never get better on their own, or even stay at their current level
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Cowardice is itself a form of hope - hope that someone else will save you, that there will be someplace to run
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Sun Tzu said it's very very dangerous, if you're winning, to take all forms of escape away
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you are, essentially, making cowardice an untenable choice and when you do that people surprise you
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the Empire in SW keeps making that mistake
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they won't just let someone like Lando be, they keep pushing and pushing for total submission
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Replying to @arthur_affect
That's the thing. At what point will a bathroom bill or something intersect with me and force me to choose >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
> if I'm willing to resist? This was about allyship, before. Under Obama, white trans women were winning.
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