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I think I’m finally beginning to understand how a technologically and socially sophisticated society like the galaxy in Star Wars can transform within a single generation into a despotism patrolled by storm troopers, where the citizens have no remaining civil rights, where an all-powerful emperor is able to wield the power of the entire state at will, and where there are no railings on any raised platforms.

From: @BlackAzizAnansi
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