The word imperialism is derived from the Latin word imperium,[8] which means ‘to command’, ‘to be sovereign’, or ‘to rule’.[9] It was coined in the 19th century to describe Napoleon III’s attempts to gain political support by invasion.[10][11] The term was applied to the British Empire during the 1870s; by the 1880s it had acquired a positive connotation in the West.[12] By the end of the 19th century, the term was used to describe the behavior of empires at all times and places.[13] Hannah Arendt and Joseph Schumpeter defined imperialism as expansion for the sake of expansion.[14]

Hobson, and in 1917, Lenin, attempted to redefine imperialism as the “highest stage of capitalism”, as firms exported capital to dominate economically rather than territorially.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism

Be careful with that water stuff. Have you seen what it does to the bottom of boats?

To be fair, buying guns are an important part of building a community.

Relatively few lifeforms end up fossilizing and then some of those fossils later get eroded. The percentage that make it to the present is low.

Frankly the movie could have been doubled in length and split into 4 episodes of the show but I’m not sure that the powers that be would have bothered to make those episodes as quality as they made this movie.

I wasn’t super impressed with the show but the movie was nice. Better than Solo, not as good as Rogue One. As people have pointed out, it can come across like 2 episodes of the show back to back but the writing and execution of the movie is way better than any episodes on the show. My chief complaints are that Nal Hutta and the Hutts decadent crime lord lifestyle could have received a little more screen time since it hasn’t been (to my knowledge) depicted on screen yet and the Rotta plot line could have been fleshed out a little more but the movie was already at 2 hours and 12 minutes. Not a very “deep” movie, action heavy and plot light, it’s no Andor and lacks the subtexts of the prequels but it’s in many ways more fun to watch than episodes 1-3.

Memes do not, by their nature, need to be funny. It can help but ultimately (pikachu face) they’re just ideas distilled into image form. But yes, fewer words the better. Memes shouldn’t be essays.

If any one person had to go back thru their ancestors, the would owe and be owed some level of reparations in hundreds of instances and it would be a mess. Better instead to embrace socialism and see that the needs of the people are met regardless of the circumstances of the past.

The Rule of Two was one of Lucas’s dumber prequel misteps. The Sith, a group notorious for breaking rules and notorious for intrigue are going to have a Rule of Two and stick to it? I think not.

No but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term.

Comrade Bee

Sometimes human nature tries to trip us up but we can be consciously aware of these things and actively work to train yourself to avoid them. Studies show that people trust others more the more similar they look and a reverse correlation between looking different and distrusting people is also true. Letting that run wild leads to things like racism. Being cognizant of it allows you to avoid the trap. That’s just one example.

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My mom didn’t start to learn how to cook till she was in her 40s and that was like a hobby.

All power to the people

That’s a bold lie to tell.

I would say that’s a feature of Marxist-Leninism rather than Westerners.

Real answer, model making was sloppy back in them days. The Star Destroyers have a ton of turbolasers you just can’t see and the special effects guys just picked random places for the bolts to lance out from.

Yeah, but toppling one government only to be forced to immediately topple the resulting government just leaves you back at square one and being murdered by MLs really isn’t super appealing either.