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Are we the baddies? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 8 months ago by SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (42 children)

I disagree. Most Americans know we are the fire nation/empire from Star Wars.

Well at least most people I know.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I thought the Empire in Star Wars was supposed to be Third Reich Germany. They literally both have "stormtroopers."

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Originally i would agree but i am referencing how things are today as that’s what the meme is referencing.

If you asked Americans today if they are the rebels or the empire the folks I know concede that we are the empire. We are the ones going into other peoples home towns with military occupation.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Fair. I was mostly thinking about it from the perspective of what the writers had intended at the time.

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