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morethansky · 2 days

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ARC TROOPER ECHO | The right thing to do “No matter what, we are united. Rule one: We fight together.”

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#the bad batch spoilers #the bad batch #arc trooper echo #tbb echo #swgifs #swedit #star wars #gifset #everyone is probably sick of me being salty about tbb's messaging so all i will say is #thank god echo has stayed true to the moral standard i expect #every one of these moments has meant so so much to me #domino twins stay heroing #also is there anything more painful in the world than the way rex looks at echo in that scene jesus christ #color correcting echo kicked my ass #corporal echo #my gifs

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dispatchesfromtheclasswar · 11 months

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#class war #class warfare #classism #taxes #corporate welfare #welfare

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nando161mando · 1 month

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End corporate bailouts.

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david-talks-sw · 1 year

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Let's briefly talk about this scene.

It starts with Anakin lamenting how the Clone War corrupted the Jedi and the principles of the Republic.

Now, Padmé thinks she and Anakin are talking about the same thing: this war is corrupting the Jedi and the principles of the Republic and Palpatine doesn't seem to want to put an end to it, instead increasingly amassing power.

She asks Anakin to get Palpatine to cease the fighting and let diplomacy resume. And Anakin. Gets. Triggered.

Why?

Well, firstly... it's because they weren't talking about the same thing.

1. What Anakin really means when talking about "the principles of the Republic".

While Anakin may say that he's concerned for the corruption of the Jedi Code and the principles of the Republic... he isn't really.

Anakin has a track record of saying he supports abstract principles and concepts, then complaining when standing by that hurts him.

Like when he'll preach that wartime forces him to make hard choices, duty over emotion...

... but then gets mad when someone else makes the hard choice in doing their duty, and it hits close to home.

There's this line Matthew Stover wrote in the ROTS novelization, which I think is very relevant:

“I think," Obi-Wan said carefully, "that abstractions like peace don't mean much to him. He's loyal to people, not to principles. And he expects loyalty in return. He will stop at nothing to save me, for example, because he thinks I would do the same for him.”

Anakin isn't about abstractions like "peace", "duty" or "democracy". He'll say he is, because he knows he should be, in theory... but, in practice, he's more loyal to people than to principles.

And right now, he's very loyal to Palpatine. Arguably more than anyone else. No matter how blatantly he acts like a dictator, Anakin stays on his side.

So whenever he uses the words "Senate" and "Republic", what he means is "Palpatine". To him, they're one and the same.

He loves Palpatine very much but the two other people he loves, Padmé and Obi-Wan, are both telling him Palpatine's bad news.

Which brings us to the second reason he gets triggered...

2. He's under an enormous amount of stress.

He's barely had any sleep since his nightmare about Padmé and is now scared at the prospect of losing her like he lost his mother.

He's been on an emotional roller-coaster with the Council, first being put on the Council, but not as a Master, then being given a mission but it's a mission to spy on a mentor and father figure. Now he's not even sure the Jedi trust him and he's not even sure they should, after his outburst.

Also Padmé herself is asking him to tell Palpatine to stop, criticizing the Chancellor just like the Jedi do.

It's understandable that he's on edge. That said... a huge chunk of this stress isn't Padmé or the Council's fault. It has been manufactured by Palpatine.

He appointed Anakin to be his representative on the Council specifically because he knew it would put Anakin under pressure... pressure he can exploit for his own gain.

That's what Palpatine does. He orchestrates pressure then swoops in, in the guise of a savior.

With the Republic, he does this by engineering a war then bringing about order (to the chaos he caused) as an Emperor.

With Anakin, he does this by engineering conflict between him and his family - Padmé, Obi-Wan, the Jedi - then presenting himself before Anakin as the solution to all his problems.

From that point on, he enables the Republic and Anakin to give in to the worse parts of themselves and implode.

The former goes from being a democracy to a dictatorship, the latter goes from being a sweet kid to a bad man.

#And if we wanna get technical he does this with Naboo as well #first he sicks the Trade Federation on the planet #then he uses the opportunity to become Chancellor and bravely “stand up for the little guy and punish the evil Viceroy of a corporation!”#Anakin Skywalker #Sheev Palpatine #Darth Sidious #Star Wars #Revenge of the Sith #meta #sw meta #padmé amidala

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wetsocksinbed · 20 days

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for all my clone simps

it’s me, I’m the clone simp

#arc trooper fives #arc trooper echo #corporal echo #the clone wars #the bad batch #star wars #swtbb #swtcw #temuera morrison #tbb #clone wars #lucasfilm #star wars the bad batch #star wars the clone wars #AHHHHHHHH

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totally-correct-star-wars · 2 months

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Wrecker, texting Echo: Echo there’s a moth on the outside of the bathroom door can you get rid of it? Wrecker: Pls hurry because I’m going to cry Wrecker: Echo Wrecker: Echo Echo: Echo is dead. You’re next. Love, Moth.

#HAPPY TBB S3 PREMIERE #I AM VERY CALM ABOUT THIS #source: ?#incorrect star wars quote #incorrect quote #incorrect tbb quote #wrecker #corporal echo #star wars #the bad batch

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rexxdjarin · 1 month

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ARC Corporal Echo only likes posing for you, his favorite admirer.

Thick Healthy Clones Series

This was a challenge for me because I’ve never drawn prosthetics before so be patient with me but I’m also very very proud of this because I really wanted to draw Echo as melanated and healthy as he should be by now while also showing that he’s just as beautiful as he always was💙

#tbb echo #arc trooper echo #corporal echo #thick healthy clones series :)#arc trooper echo fan art #arc trooper echo fanart #the bad batch echo #tbb echo fan art #the bad batch echo fan art #the bad batch #clone troopers #clone trooper fanart #star wars: the clone wars #the clone wars

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quillpatrol · 1 year

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shoutout to explicitly antifascist blockbuster media in 2022

#andor #star wars #pinocchio #guillermo del toro's pinocchio #cass.txt #ik there’s a whole debate abt them being made by these huge corporations but i believe that the individual power a story can have-#-is more impactful bc theyre being exposed to much larger audiences than they would as independent projects instead #as andor said use the tools of the enemy etc etc #also please watch pinocchio oh my god #ty to whoever said viva méxico in the tags cause why tf didn’t i also make that connection.. letting my ppl down #1k

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fallout-lou-begas · 5 months

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they're gonna reveal that he's called Vault Boy because when he was a kid he was very reserved and sullen and never opened up and so his bullies called him "vault boy".......but to everybody's horror....it was only when the world was ending...that he finally smiled and gave a thumbs up...

#fallout #fallout tv #vault boy #'vault boy origin story' he's a corporate mascot. unless we get a random pre-war mad men spoof literally what are you talking about

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spaceshipsandpurpledrank · 1 month

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#talkin #tik tok #the history channel #war crimes #antisemitism #erich von däniken #disney #hearst media #hearst corporation #william randolph hearst #yellow journalism #wilhelm utermann #nazis

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pratchettquotes · 11 months

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"Sarge?"

"Yes, Corporal Ping?"

"Why're some of you wearing purple flowers, Sarge?"

There was a subtle change in the atmosphere, a suction of sound caused by many pairs of ears listening intently. All the officers in the room had stopped writing.

"I mean, I saw you and Reg and Nobby wearing 'em this time last year, and I wondered if we were all supposed to..." Ping faltered. Sergeant Colon's normally amiable eyes had narrowed and the message they were sending was: you're on thin ice, lad, and it's starting to creak...

"I mean, my landlady's got a garden and I could easily go and cut a--" Ping went on in an uncharacteristic attempt at suicide.

"You'd wear the lilac today would you?" said Colon quietly.

"I just meant that if you wanted me to I could go and--"

"Were you there?" said Colon, getting to his feet so fast that his chair fell over.

"Steady, Fred," murmured Nobby.

"I didn't mean..." Ping began. "I mean...was I where, Sarge?"

Colon leaned on the desk, bringing his round red face an inch away from Ping's nose.

"If you don't know where there was, you weren't there," he said in the same quiet voice.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

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dispatchesfromtheclasswar · 3 months

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#class war #class warfare #classism #capitalism #corporate handouts #cycle of dependency

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fuckyeahspaceship · 8 months

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Star Wars The Vintage Collection The Ghost.

Modified VCX-100 light freighter, Corellian Engineering Corporation.

#the ghost #star wars rebels #ashoka series #star wars #VCX-100 light freighter #Corellian Engineering Corporation

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poisonousrain444 · 7 months

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lyle had to double check kiri’s hand 😭😭

#he’s so cute #if you ignore the war crimes #james cameron avatar #avatar #avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #atwow #avatar 2022 #lyle wainfleet #corporal lyle wainfleet #recom lyle wainfleet #avatar lyle wainfleet #avatar recoms #avatar recombinants #deja blu

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kingsandbastardz · 3 months

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I'm becoming increasingly convinced that JLQ's clear refusal to believe DFS could even be slightly gay is the one and only reason she didn't try to skin Wuyan alive. Wuyan who, is trusted by DFS, allowed extremely close proximity, and has all the same skills DFS values in her. TBH if there was a possible love rival outside of anyone other than LXY - she should have suspected Wuyan first, before any of the 12 Pillars.

It's sad that we didn't get enough episodes to see a little more of Wuyan for anything, or JLQ for her actual Alliance duties -- but I know enough about what it takes to run operations that I can extrapolate the skill sets needed:

Skills they both have:

budgeting and currency exchange/issues

managerial acumen/ability to organize and move large groups of people

planning

communication at both upper and lower levels

resourcing

logistics

strong understanding of timing, topography, weather and how to deal with issues

stealth

esoteric knowledge for random shit they likely have to source or deal with themselves due to rarity, etc

negotiations

how to present yourself to the public

thorough and systemic thinking

planning for failure

Where JLQ fails but Wuyan succeeds:

ability to anticipate what DFS wants

ability to deliver what DFS wants in the way he wants it

ability to not sexually harass DFS

putting DFS' desires over their own (Whatever Wuyan's feelings are, we have no idea)

Where Wuyan fails but JLQ succeeds:

getting public credit for hitting their kpis

choosing to not be subservient

public leadership / getting public buy-in

It's interesting that with the both of them -- if DFS chose at any random time to just get up and leave Jinyuan Alliance behind -- both would immediately drop everything and follow him.

They're both used to seeing DFS' back - Wuyan because he deliberately positions himself there regardless of what DFS seems to wish (his own show of willfulness). JLQ because DFS is always walking away from her.

And of the two - i feel like DFS would likely take Wuyan with him, while leaving JLQ in charge of the things he doesn't care about.

So yeah. I'm still surprised Wuyan wasn't killed before DFS came back from seclusion. It's pure speculation but maybe his outward presentation of being a servant is the thing that saved him. Why does he play a servant when DFS himself is like, "You do know I think you're supposed to be standing up there with the higher ranking ppl, right?" Is it from a sense of distrust of everyone, leading him to create a persona? An emotional need to serve DFS? A not-so-secret kink? A sense of loyalty that he feels he can only express in this manner?

Just what history do they share that DFS feels comfortable enough to cry in front of him? Twice. Both times while mourning LXY/LLH.

I have so many questions.

#listen i know im couching everything in modern managerial and operations language but it's honestly not changed from ancient days to now #like even in the 80s and early 90s corporate training would trot out the Art of War to train their CEOS and upper management #it's just in wuxia land you have the option to kill someone for not delivering on their promises #mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #jiao liqiao #wuyan #jinyuan alliance #my royal ramblings #meta

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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year

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Go back to the top of this article and reread that transcript of Rep. Buddy Carter grilling TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. Now, Carter is a dunderhead, but he’s dunderheaded in a way that illuminates just how bad COPPA enforcement is, and has been, for 25 long years.

Carter thinks that TikTok is using biometric features to enforce COPPA. He imagines that TikTok is doing some kind of high-tech phrenology to make sure that every user is over 13 (“I find that [you aren’t capturing facial images] hard to believe. It is our understanding that they’re looking at the eyes. How do you determine what age they are then?”).

Chew corrects the Congressdunderhead from Georgia, explaining that TikTok uses “age-gating”: “when you ask the user what age they are.”

That is the industry-wide practice for enforcing COPPA: every user is presented with a tick-box that says “I am over 13.” If they tick that box, the company claims it has satisfied the requirement not to spy on kids.

But if COPPA were meaningfully enforced, companies would simply have to stop spying on everyone, because there are no efficient ways to verify the age of users at the scale needed for general operation of a website.

-How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok: Have you tried not spying on kids?

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