As far as I know, yes. I don’t know the exact political events that happened in Germany at the time, but it’s not lost on me that the title Palpatine got out of the no confidence vote was Chancellor. It pretty much is WW2 in space except the only thing against the Space Axis are a bunch of rebels who have to keep relocating bases.

Watching the prequels in the current year made me appreciate just a little bit how… so forward thinking they were. Emperor Palatine didn’t become an emperor overnights, you see, he was made into a Chancellor democratically and then he just… played chess against himself to eventually become Emperor.

Granted the modern breed of fash spreading all over the world aren’t that horrifically smart, but it’s true.

This is how liberty dies!

I was in the subway this morning and of all the passengers, I never expected a cat to be one. Ended up trying to take care of her so she doesn’t do anything rash.