Spyke
lemmy.world

Where are you going with this? There's a lot of directions you could take this meme and like half of them are problematic.

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

The very real implication is that Anakin is an online conspiracy theorist who generally always arrives at the conclusion that Jewish people control the world.

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I didn't even consider the Jews being to blame. That's such an incredibly stupid take I forget it exists until I see it again.

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Exosusreply
lemmy.world

You should piss off both sides..

"Jews control the world, as they should!"

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I don't know a thing about Jewish culture But tbh I'd be down for a change of pace

Probably better then what ever we got going on here

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Grayoxreply
lemmy.ml

Spoiler alert Anakin isnt the good guy and goes on the become Darth Vader.

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I know right?! Kid had such a promising podracing career.

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pimento64reply
sopuli.xyz

He's making fun of antisemitic conspiracy theorists. When somebody doesn't make a hamfisted soapbox of "HERE'S AN EXCRUCIATING EXPLANATION OF THE JOKE AND MY BELIEFS" that doesn't mean we assume they're a nazi.

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Exosusreply
lemmy.world

I thought capitalists and globalists are code for Jews in antisemitic memes?

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explodiclereply
local106.com

My interpretation is that Lucas made it out to be entirely the evil Sith destroying an otherwise reasonable galactic social order. When in reality, fascism happens with no magic required.

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sh.itjust.works

Not at all IMO, the Sith simply took advantage of the evil inherent in the system. That’s part of why the Jedi were so blind to it.

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lemmy.world

You have no idea how many people don't understand that. Even if you tell them, they don't get it.

("You have no idea" is used as an intensifier here. I don't know what you know. I'm neurodivergent and feel the need to clarify)

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lemmy.ml

I legitimately saw someone say that they heard Star Wars was inspired by the Vietnam War, then said the fucking Empire represented the Viet Cong and Communism.

Some people legitimately can't analyze anything to save their lives.

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Well, I mean, they probably can, but team sports, ya know. We all do it, make bad things about the "other" and good things about "us". Just, not realizing that the people you stand with can do "bad", cause all humans are capable of doing "bad".

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You're right of course. I phrased that poorly and meant my interpretation of the meme, not the movies.

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Lucas seems to grasp for that interpretation, but he's not politically savvy enough or a good enough writer to pull it off. Clone Wars fixes it.

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