Palpatine Twisted the Constitution… it would come back to haunt him

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  • @isaackim7675
    @isaackim7675 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +379

    It’s ironic. He forsaw his enemies’ possible defeat, but not his own downfall

    • @indianajones4321
      @indianajones4321 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      😂😂😂

    • @timothywashburn8218
      @timothywashburn8218 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Amen!

    • @deanthompson6307
      @deanthompson6307 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Now that's funny

    • @isaackim7675
      @isaackim7675 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      @ I was picturing as Palpatine was falling down the shaft, Master Windu’s Force Ghost popped out and said, “First time?”

    • @christophersayers598
      @christophersayers598 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      He was that arrogant it never even registered with him. I,m sure the premonition was there hence the buildup on exegol but that was only a contingency

  • @jonathanrivlin6248
    @jonathanrivlin6248 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +264

    Thank you Alan.
    My allegiance is to the republic, and to democracy, as well.

    • @chefdean7257
      @chefdean7257 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

      @@jonathanrivlin6248 Too bad half of America didn't agree.

    • @manty5
      @manty5 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      @@chefdean7257 You're right! I can think of no greater repudiation of democracy that people getting together to vote for the WRONG candidate.

    • @jonathanrivlin6248
      @jonathanrivlin6248 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      @chefdean7257 thank you Chefdean7257, but i agree with Manty5 on this. Democracy is messy. The people have spoken. Even as i disagree with what they said. My hope is that our tradition of peaceful transfer of power and presidential term limits will continue. Now is the time to listen to those that voted how they did to understand why and to improve our arguments.

    • @chefdean7257
      @chefdean7257 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@jonathanrivlin6248 If we ever get a chance to vote again. Strong suspicion that 20JAN25 won't be a swearing in, but a coronation.

    • @OGMacGee
      @OGMacGee 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@chefdean7257 1/3... a lot were just waiting on the sidelines.

  • @johndoe0905
    @johndoe0905 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +302

    Dictatorships are appealing at first glance. The streets are clean and orderly, the trains run on time, and there’s no pointless bickering every time something needs to be done. But it’s all a facade. So many problems are simply hidden from view.

    • @jasoncrowell8863
      @jasoncrowell8863 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +77

      Note: They just SAY the trains run on time, because if you say they don't run on time (because they don't), you might fall out a window or something.

    • @UnexpectedWonder
      @UnexpectedWonder 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Absolutely! 👊👊✊✊👏👏👌👌

    • @Hailfire08
      @Hailfire08 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      It's all well and good when they're working in your interests but as soon as they start doing things you don't like, you have zero recourse

    • @historicflame972
      @historicflame972 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Unfortunately, the trains didn't actually run on time and pointless bickering was their business model

    • @OllamhDrab
      @OllamhDrab 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      You realize the joke in fascist Italy' At least he made the trains run on time' was a *joke?* Right? The trains did not in fact run on time. You just werent' allowed to say so. It was like Florida lately.

  • @enoughothis
    @enoughothis 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +294

    I will not stand for this slander of my boy, Finis Valorum. He was a decent politician who was trying to hold the Republic together in difficult times, made all the worse by the Sith running around setting fire to everything they could, but doing it's secretly so it could never be traced back to them. He was outnumbered and outplayed in the Senate. Let us not forget that he sent the Jedi to negotiate an end to the Naboo Crisis, a move which forced Palpatine to act more aggressively by having the Jedi killed (which failed) and invading Naboo. After he left office, Valorum was sure Palpatine had engineered the whole thing, but couldn't prove it.

    • @chefdean7257
      @chefdean7257 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@enoughothis Kneel before Zod !

    • @nictipton1413
      @nictipton1413 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      Yeah, he kinda unfairly got the shaft.

    • @Aleks-iu9nt
      @Aleks-iu9nt 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

      I totally forgot Valorum was on to Ole Palpy which makes me wonder what happened to him after the rise of the Empire?

    • @EGRJ
      @EGRJ 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

      @@Aleks-iu9nt Probably a lot, very suddenly, and then nothing at all, ever again.

    • @CalumWebber-Smith
      @CalumWebber-Smith 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +39

      He got blown up in a “terrorist attack” in the clone wars, right after meeting Bail Organa and Mon Mothma as they watched horrified.

  • @_GeneralMechanics_
    @_GeneralMechanics_ 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +208

    Empires fall because everyone at the top think they're invincible.

    • @paradoxworkshop4659
      @paradoxworkshop4659 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Because at the time, they were/are.

    • @cfcblue8
      @cfcblue8 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one that crumbles from within? Thats’s dead. Forever.

    • @UnexpectedWonder
      @UnexpectedWonder 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's most certainly one of the reasons.

    • @Slattatronnn
      @Slattatronnn 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@cfcblue8hmm so Rome comeback when?

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@SlattatronnnIt declined before the barbarians destroyed it.

  • @lordmon555
    @lordmon555 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +116

    Thumbnail says "Billiant" on palpatines forehead instead of "Brilliant" thanks for the giggle

    • @lordmon555
      @lordmon555 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Also thanks for the great video as well forgot about that part.

    • @28toxicdavid38
      @28toxicdavid38 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      was looking for someone who noticed this as well...

  • @timbenzko3030
    @timbenzko3030 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    The subtext is brilliant. Great job👌🏻

  • @Benbre08
    @Benbre08 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    Having too much confidence can be just as dangerous as having none.

  • @eds1942
    @eds1942 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +46

    The Courts too. He probably had the constitution changed to give him the ability to directly hand out political appointments to them, which could in turn shield him from legal challenges.
    And considering the type of system, and that he had already extended the normal term limits for the office, he probably took advantage over losses in his “majority” coalition in the Senate to call for new elections and then arrange for something to happen, during the election campaign period, and spin that into as “proof” for the need to his policies or why his policies work. Like say he was tough on crime or dissidents out in the Expanse Region, time some big event or flare up to happen during the election, which changes the narrative on why now is most critical time to show strength against such. All a sudden, the tide turns to his favor and his coalition wins more seats then they had before, and they overwhelmingly support his candidacy for chancellor and even the opposite is reluctant to put up much a united front against him or his policies. So, once he secures the Chancellorship, he takes advantage of that by pressing for constitutional changes and appointments to his political buddies.

  • @AlphonsoFrett-xz6pi
    @AlphonsoFrett-xz6pi 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Thanks again for pointing out the hypocrisy and excellent heads up this is a painfully lesson people need to learn😅

  • @tomoxford8815
    @tomoxford8815 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +103

    This feels.... timely

    • @codeymuscat4339
      @codeymuscat4339 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Agreed

    • @Antesyd
      @Antesyd 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      It's just 4 years...

    • @graybonesau
      @graybonesau 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@Antesyd Another 1.2 million?

    • @arohk1579
      @arohk1579 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​​@@Antesydand who will remove him, dictators are only removed by extreme force.

    • @Hartzilla2007
      @Hartzilla2007 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@Antesyd Last time it felt more like 20.

  • @pizaclatonddd3081
    @pizaclatonddd3081 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +54

    Can't wait for Andor Season 2.

    • @kdusel1991
      @kdusel1991 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Same!

    • @byronhorde5892
      @byronhorde5892 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      YUP!

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Assuming it will even be allowed to be made. The new American establishment might deem complex and insightful political commentary too "woke."
      (I feel I should add the disclaimer that this was sarcasm. I'm rooting for more Andor and quality Star Wars TV with unimpeded creativity. I'm just worried that the extreme-right wing wannabe empire is going to try and crush all forms of media that don't benefit the current state agenda.)

    • @dean_l33
      @dean_l33 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@AceSpadeThePikachu Sure whatever you say bud

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dean_l33 We'll just have to wait and see.

  • @nathanieljackson5554
    @nathanieljackson5554 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Palpatine was obsessed with making himself immortal. The Empire was the means to that end. That's why he found loyal sychophants like Tarkin to run the actual governance of the entire Outer Rim. They would do anything for their Emperor to display loyalty.

  • @Dazzle_Novak_
    @Dazzle_Novak_ 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    What I understood is that person who has control of the Senate and the Courts is too dangerous to be left alive.

  • @TrinityShoji
    @TrinityShoji 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

    For the Republic and the Alliance!

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +70

    Palpatine managed to turn the Republic into an Empire he always wanted to rule... And throw it all away with his crappy leadership and allowing incompetence and foolishness among the Imperials to fester in a nutshell.

    • @OllamhDrab
      @OllamhDrab 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fascists are inherently corrupt and incompetent.

    • @thecatfather857
      @thecatfather857 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      Alas, the self-destructive nature of the Sith.

    • @OllamhDrab
      @OllamhDrab 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      @@thecatfather857 And authoritarians.

    • @thecatfather857
      @thecatfather857 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @@OllamhDrab Sometimes. The Roman Empire lasted over a thousand years.

    • @robertnelson9599
      @robertnelson9599 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Palpatine was a cartoon villain who created a cartoonishly evil empire and forgot that the rest of the galaxy was not like him.

  • @DadGingaNinja
    @DadGingaNinja 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +144

    A well timed political video

    • @leguman5289
      @leguman5289 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      MAGA

    • @VisitingVyxie
      @VisitingVyxie 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

      @@leguman5289 we get it - you stan the sith bro. Chill

    • @leguman5289
      @leguman5289 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      @@VisitingVyxie life isn't star wars or marvel yk

    • @VisitingVyxie
      @VisitingVyxie 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

      @@leguman5289 exactly what a sith would say ~

    • @leguman5289
      @leguman5289 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      @VisitingVyxie I love democracy, I love the republic

  • @ThaMxUp
    @ThaMxUp 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I can't help but feel as though the timing of this video's release was not a coincidence

  • @matthewwatkins7473
    @matthewwatkins7473 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Those who would surrender a little freedom for the sake of a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

  • @martintinajero9140
    @martintinajero9140 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    It is true, no matter how far our democracy is it will always be better than the alternative. Star Wars does fantastic job of teaching us that.

  • @MrLightningbob
    @MrLightningbob 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Fitting video for the times we live in.

  • @mr.tillius8119
    @mr.tillius8119 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    As always your insights into the Star Wars universe provide great commentary for current events. Thank you for having the courage to bring these issues up when most content creators steer clear of anything that could lose them viewership ❤️

  • @vestarakhai5303
    @vestarakhai5303 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    Reminds me of IRL "so this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause"

    • @TheZamaron
      @TheZamaron 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Except now we finally got our liberty back, we're through the Imperial period an onto the New Republic.

    • @vestarakhai5303
      @vestarakhai5303 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @TheZamaron lol

    • @TheZamaron
      @TheZamaron 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@vestarakhai5303 Just saying it how it is.

    • @pale_lad1252
      @pale_lad1252 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@TheZamaronlol

    • @vestarakhai5303
      @vestarakhai5303 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheZamaron and we all know how the New Republic was sooo much better lol

  • @JackalHavok1992
    @JackalHavok1992 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    The Jedi were blind and in denial that Dooku was right about Darth Sidious was in fact the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.

  • @smartass0124
    @smartass0124 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Not all Democracies are majority rule and not all majority rules were Democracies

  • @210Anakin
    @210Anakin 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Excellent timing and video as always!

  • @gagewesterhouse9558
    @gagewesterhouse9558 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    BILLIANT!!!

  • @jordanaych
    @jordanaych 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    My allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy.

  • @cliphound80
    @cliphound80 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Thank you as always,Alan!
    My allegiance is to the Republic. To Democracy.

  • @jimmysmith2249
    @jimmysmith2249 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    As much as I think otherwise some days, I would not be a good dictator. There would be stacks of my enemies within days of me taking power.

    • @justinatwood8728
      @justinatwood8728 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Then you would be smart and initially effective as a dictator. It's what happens after that determines whether the people thrive. Society doesn't exist as one and adaptability is crucial.

    • @julianstone1192
      @julianstone1192 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep I wouldn’t trust myself with that much power, I know I would become a corrupt degenerate tyrant, so I’m too honest to be a politician, ironic isn’t it?

  • @JordanG4117
    @JordanG4117 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Thank you Alan for providing us not only with great Star Wars content on a regular basis, but also trying to spread an educational and positive political message. I truly believe that the world would be 1000x better if we put more effort and resources into political education for everyone.

    • @centurionflorian4906
      @centurionflorian4906 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It would be even greater if people could learn that Trump can’t become a dictator and he can’t serve a third term.

  • @Khalith
    @Khalith 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    “Billiant”
    So distracted by the video thumbnail.

    • @kdusel1991
      @kdusel1991 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He's a Billiant fool 😂😂😂

  • @TheSequimKid
    @TheSequimKid 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +153

    Remember my friends. Hope, even a fools hope, can be nourished and nurtured into a flame. So do not lose hope. We will weather this storm, and we will come out the other side better for it.

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      We just did

    • @paradoxworkshop4659
      @paradoxworkshop4659 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

      Some may yet survive the coming nationalist isolationism, and some assuredly will not.
      We'll soon look back on a time when simply NOT being a nassi was the bare minimum requirement for an elected official.
      Now, it's a prerequisite.

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@paradoxworkshop4659 WTF are you smoking? I'm not despairing I'm celebrating, you should try it

    • @TheSequimKid
      @TheSequimKid 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      @@V.B.Squire By losing hope, you immediately start to think that we cannot change things. I hoped that we wouldn't have to go through what we will, but I also started to prepare for it. The only way out now is through. And despairing now will only slow us down, we must be willing to survive so we can educate the future generations about this.

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      @@TheSequimKid what are you on about, I'm celebrating you should try it

  • @chefdean7257
    @chefdean7257 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Billiant Fool ? Looks like he spent all his RRRR's on that spinning, master killing force scream.

    • @jay-9967
      @jay-9967 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      The R was lost during the transition from the Galactic Republic into the first galactic Empire xD

  • @tirednsleepy44
    @tirednsleepy44 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Interesting you mention him being like an unofficial party whip. We have party whips here in uk and they all operate like Palpatine, though they’re somewhat less subtle.

  • @leonpb1409
    @leonpb1409 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.

    • @Rick79LUFC
      @Rick79LUFC 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      The birth of 5he Germam 3rd riech....and the 4th in the US

    • @krisshnapeswanipeswani3190
      @krisshnapeswanipeswani3190 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It is not dead yet. Fjght. Resist. Robert reich has given advice on how to do it in his channel

  • @samuelstanley7738
    @samuelstanley7738 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Gee, I can't see how this video release could be possibly influenced by a certain recent election that just happened...

  • @ChadOfAllChads
    @ChadOfAllChads 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Obama: in the name of the galactic senate, you are under arrest

  • @andrewreynolds9371
    @andrewreynolds9371 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Now, where is our Phoenix Squadron? Hopefully forming in the wings awaiting the hour of need.

  • @SammyWhiteley
    @SammyWhiteley 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    Wow, Palpatine is literally the exact same person as (insert whichever candidate/political party I didn't vote for here)

    • @dean_l33
      @dean_l33 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      In 2016, it was wow [insert name] was literally voldemort. Now it's palpatine I guess but at least this make more sense

    • @midoribushi5331
      @midoribushi5331 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Don't compare IRL bs with Star Wars, which is awesome!

    • @Leo-ok3uj
      @Leo-ok3uj 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@midoribushi5331
      The whole point of Star Wars is to compare it with the real world, be it Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan, Nixon, Reagan or Bush and their successors
      That’s literally why the franchise was born

    • @SecretSynth
      @SecretSynth 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well, one candidate is a weak-willed, guilless liberal who's so lacking in conviction that she gave up on almost every position she once supported to pander to the right.
      The other is a strongman autocrat who surrounds himself with sycophants, uses fear of specific outgroups to drum up authoritarian fervor in his cult of personality, and has worked to undermine democracy in every conceivable way.
      I'll let you decide which one is closer to Palpatine.

    • @SammyWhiteley
      @SammyWhiteley 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@midoribushi5331 with all respect, you must be new to this channel if you're telling me to not compare Star Wars to IRL stuff. It's basically all Allen does.

  • @jeffreycarman2185
    @jeffreycarman2185 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The people always need to hold their leaders accountable! My allegiance is also to the republic.

  • @thesharpercoder
    @thesharpercoder 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I watched this entire video. I’ve been once again enlightened. I am not encumbered by what others think. Because I am Generaion Tech.

  • @Fox_the_angel_of_Wrath
    @Fox_the_angel_of_Wrath 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Long live democracy long live the republic

  • @dantc2403
    @dantc2403 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Your opening line about the people of the Republic running to him begging and crying for help reminds me of V's speech in V for Vendetta.

  • @georgelove5425
    @georgelove5425 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Uhhh wink, wink. nudge, nudge lol.

  • @gbladewarrior6884
    @gbladewarrior6884 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    If I were Palpatine, I would have secretly lead the rebels against the Emperire so I would know play both sides like he did during the clone wars. Palpatine's downfall was that he became drunk from victory and got sloppy/lazy.

    • @insuchaway
      @insuchaway 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I always thought of his downfall as being down a shaft of some sort....

  • @Minifutzi_o.O
    @Minifutzi_o.O 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a Palpatine fan, it's really funny how much content you can make about him

  • @Gallery1743
    @Gallery1743 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This video is well timed

    • @KristopherPrime
      @KristopherPrime 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep. Just as the palpatine of today loses his power and the rebellion (Trump) restores democracy.

    • @Gallery1743
      @Gallery1743 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @KristopherPrime at least palpatine was smart enough to put up a honest facade and at least wasn't a pedophile.

    • @Anonyomus_commenter
      @Anonyomus_commenter 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@KristopherPrimeThe rebellion with the support of basically every extremely powerful person in America- Musk, Bezos (implicitly by blocking WaPo endorsement) etc.
      Also supported by fledgling dictators Netanyahu (see his court reforms in early 2023), Erdogan (see his treatment of the Kurds), Orban (who has complete control of Hungarian media) and the extremely racist Dutch politician Geert Wilders (who wanted to ban mosques). He also wants to destroy the environment even more than we already have (if you still think climate change isn’t real there is no helping you) and cut taxes for extremely rich people at the cost of education and healthcare.

  • @182511419139208
    @182511419139208 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Palpatine/Skywalker 2028

  • @przemekkozlowski7835
    @przemekkozlowski7835 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    He was essentially turning the Empire into a neo-feudal state. The Governors and Moffs would run their own little fiefdoms as they saw fit but in exchange had to provide Palpatine with everything he wanted from them. Ministries like ISB would also run as their own independent mini-kingdoms. As long as you can keep the lords in control, the system is much easier to govern. Of course, in the long run a bad governor would run the system into the ground and then loot if for everything to fulfill the obligations to the Empire.

  • @IEPerez1994
    @IEPerez1994 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Too real

  • @captaingordon
    @captaingordon 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Don’t avoid challenges. Don’t avoid criticism. …How true to this day.

  • @kingnaga619
    @kingnaga619 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Timely

  • @justino4567
    @justino4567 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Poignant release. I like it.

  • @RainbowQueen23
    @RainbowQueen23 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man I wish more people would watch this those are some words to live by Allen thank you for all the content you've made and continue to make Love this channel ❤

  • @whitehawk4099
    @whitehawk4099 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love democracy,
    I love the Republic

  • @Orphoid
    @Orphoid 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    After all these years, I'm surprised you still won't run for our humble world's senator! we need someone core-savvy like you to bring jobs back to the Orion arm.

  • @nictipton1413
    @nictipton1413 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +65

    Democracy will create a Monarchy through it's inaction, and a Monarchy will create a Democracy through it's excesses.

    • @issyd2366
      @issyd2366 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      I don't think of monarchy as something opposite to democracy. My country is a democracy AND a monarchy.

    • @colinleat8309
      @colinleat8309 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Monarchy is the pathway to Fascism.

    • @swiftspooner66
      @swiftspooner66 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      ​​​@@issyd2366There is a difference between a constitutional monarchy and a regular monarchy, Not even trying to be mean just explaining the difference

    • @Hakar17
      @Hakar17 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      ​@@colinleat8309Not really monarchy pre-dates fascism and is by far the most practiced government system in history. Fasc*sm can arise from democracy just fine in fact the most famous fas*ist system did exactly that.

    • @Makarosc
      @Makarosc 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Hakar17 because it's just hereditary dictatorship

  • @SierahtheDaring
    @SierahtheDaring 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    PalpaTrump

    • @KristopherPrime
      @KristopherPrime 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bidentine. Trump is the rebellion against the empire.

  • @kelvinbrewington4056
    @kelvinbrewington4056 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Excellent timing

  • @joshgamer4077
    @joshgamer4077 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you Alan! Love the politics and democracy videos.
    Would love to see more comparisons between the fall of the Roman republic and the fall of the galactic republic and the rise of each associated empire.

  • @yeeloongong
    @yeeloongong 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Jar Jar didnt speak just for himself , he was Padme Amidala's surrogate. When he spoke it was as if Padme Amidala spoke , even though she would have held fast and refused to allow the Military Creation Act to pass. By pushing her to seek sanctuary on Naboo , he made her voice his

  • @Lord_Ivoundy_Creood
    @Lord_Ivoundy_Creood 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ah yes BILLIANT indeed ... BILLIANT just BILLIANT

  • @OswaldPHaygood
    @OswaldPHaygood 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Thanks for trying to give us some hope, Al. The liberal democratic world is short on that at this moment.

    • @kdusel1991
      @kdusel1991 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      We need all the hope we can get for the next 4 years

    • @jamesright9009
      @jamesright9009 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@kdusel1991 You don't need hope
      we have already found our salvation World War 3 was stopped we can now have peace Russia China and the United States

    • @centurionflorian4906
      @centurionflorian4906 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Please don’t be one of those people that believe that Trump being elected is the end of the world. You’ll get through this, like the first Trump term. And everything is going to be fine.

    • @TheGreatOne-gw7xh
      @TheGreatOne-gw7xh 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@jamesright9009there will be no peace with the next administration. 😂

  • @skyden24195
    @skyden24195 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video. Great message. Sound advice.
    My concern: the incredible number of individuals whose mental capabilities are hindered by (perhaps) natural intellectual weaknesses, or lifelong negative conditioning by ignorant and/or malevolent influence(s), or any other of various factors that prevent these people from the ability to recognize or otherwise understand when such things as misinformation or other forms of destructive activities are being implemented, often as means to dupe and control these types of individuals into committing acts that cause suffering to not only others but even themselves. Suffering they experience but are deceived into believing that the suffering is being caused by those who actually are (often times) fighting against the true source(s) of the suffering. I.e., it's why Governor Price (and others) continually painted the rebels as evil, even though the rebels only had the best interests of Lothal (and the wider galaxy at large via the Alliance to Restore the Republic) in mind when acting. As well, for the most part, the rebels always did as best they could to prevent more suffering to the local populations which was in direct contrast to the Empire's actions. The Rebels fought the Empire as a means of trying to protect the populous; the Empire fought the Rebels by inflicting more pain and suffering to the populous, and, unfortunately, many of the ignorant/brainwashed populous cheered the Empire and condemned the Rebels.

    • @planet-p6f
      @planet-p6f 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It didn't help that the rebels also included the likes of Saw Guerra - who could could be labelled a terrorist by many camps. I'm glad George Lucas had the foresight to include such moral ambiguity in the Clones series. Even though it was ostensibly aimed at children - they need education in these complexities from a young age. IRL we have more than a few examples in recent times of rebel groups making moral compromises for the sake of expedience. A few make the transition to legitimacy after hostilities, many sadly descend into criminality and nihilism.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@planet-p6f totally agree about the Saw Guerra and related aspects. I had considered mentioning something to that regard, but my comment was already long enough. Glad someone added it on in the reply.
      As well, you are definitely correct about educating children through such programs as "Clone Wars" and the like.

  • @paradoxworkshop4659
    @paradoxworkshop4659 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Democracies flourish with strong laws and Constitutions, and fall when the checks and balances are replaced with rubber stamps.
    Ask me how we know...

    • @Somethingfs-sx1ft
      @Somethingfs-sx1ft 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What about hitler?

    • @paradoxworkshop4659
      @paradoxworkshop4659 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Somethingfs-sx1ft we'll find out after January 21, 2025

    • @merafirewing6591
      @merafirewing6591 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@paradoxworkshop4659 uh, you forgot about the fact that a constitutional republic has more flexibility than a democracy.

    • @paradoxworkshop4659
      @paradoxworkshop4659 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @merafirewing6591 if flexibility means a rapid descent into fascism, then yes, and I appreciate the intentional missing of the point that most people engage in by trying to point out the otherwise unimportant technicalities, which then, in turn, allow the bigger picture to be obscured.

    • @leekah9981
      @leekah9981 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@paradoxworkshop4659 or are you a communist sympathizer? Since you forget the other side of the aisle?
      If so, go to north Korea and preach democracy there and forgo you identity as a American, you just too brown shirt to see the bigger picture.

  • @insuchaway
    @insuchaway 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Democracy is a great idea and all, but if i were in charge, im manipulating the minds of the people as much as possible...
    I can't take the chance to let 50%+1 remove me from my cushy, powerful seat.
    What??
    You would either do the same or never even be in the seat in the first place.
    Respect The Game.

  • @royalreaper1483
    @royalreaper1483 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Billiant"

  • @ByrRaven
    @ByrRaven 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well said

  • @Psub950
    @Psub950 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Please make a video on 200 FO Stormtroopers vs 200 Clone Troopers

  • @johannesbowers7467
    @johannesbowers7467 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    AKA: House of Sabbac Cards... 👀
    🫡

  • @allthenewsordeath5772
    @allthenewsordeath5772 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    “President Trump is a Sith lord!”

    • @Somethingfs-sx1ft
      @Somethingfs-sx1ft 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Liberal bias

    • @darkshadow1966
      @darkshadow1966 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He isn' that smart, more like the fool that is the public face

    • @Somethingfs-sx1ft
      @Somethingfs-sx1ft 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@darkshadow1966 you mean the establishment

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@Somethingfs-sx1ft
      Honestly, I don’t blame these people for acting as it’s a sky is falling, they’ve spent the last 9 years screaming Trump is H*tler so much they actually believe it now.

    • @umbraemilitos
      @umbraemilitos 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      What does Trump have to do with this video?

  • @EthanKironus8067
    @EthanKironus8067 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    If they--because Lucas doesn't deserve all the credit, I figure we ought not to crown him emperor of something he never could have built alone--weren't channeling Herodotus when they plotted out Palpatine's story, I'll eat my lightsaber.
    The pattern is general, yes, but tell me Lucas didn't know his Greek histories. And I'm not just talking 'bout the hummus (hubris)--look up "CBC Ideas: How to become a tyrant in 5 steps", that'll get you a better and more succinct summation than I can provide.

  • @therepublic21
    @therepublic21 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Greatest villain in cinema. I’d kill for a show focused on his rise

  • @KnoxW-f5d
    @KnoxW-f5d 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Great timing. My allegiance is to the republic.

  • @Jacen436987
    @Jacen436987 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    reminds me of the rare few individuals in ancient greece and rome that willingly put aside their powers as dictator. mind you, dictactor in the roman republic was quite different to what we consider it to be today.

  • @Jo-Heike
    @Jo-Heike 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Prequels, still relevant.

  • @chiefjedi83
    @chiefjedi83 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Watched the full series, I enjoyed it

  • @camboom4467
    @camboom4467 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Palpatine chose a means to an end.

  • @echidnaralsei1473
    @echidnaralsei1473 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    twisting the constitution; how topical.

  • @KikenZedalu
    @KikenZedalu 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I love fiction that definitely has nothing to do with real-world politics

  • @arthurbriand2175
    @arthurbriand2175 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    How does the political representation of Coruscant work? It seems to be under the executive control of the Chancellor. Is there a Senator for the most populous planet in the Galaxy?

    • @CalumWebber-Smith
      @CalumWebber-Smith 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I thought it was the Corusca sector??!!? Because there’s several moons and the planet.

  • @joshmo141x
    @joshmo141x 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well done and thank you sir. I needed this. For its contribution for my understanding of Star Wars lore only. Not because it relates to any other causes of real life existential crisis or hopelessness. Nope. Not one bit

  • @kemzal
    @kemzal 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    hmmmm....
    sounds...
    familiar.
    🤔

  • @GGBlaster
    @GGBlaster 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Critics will hold a mirror up to you. Yes men will simply say you look good and send you out in your new “clothes”

  • @Darthbaldmouse
    @Darthbaldmouse 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Palps, the architect of the starwars galaxy Chevron laws.

  • @Commander_Appo
    @Commander_Appo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What curious timing

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    👍👍

  • @eriginal88
    @eriginal88 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Very astute Allen, you got alot of things right except for one thing. Darth Binks wasn't manipulated.

    • @cynthiabauer5763
      @cynthiabauer5763 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      precisely... pretended to be the biggest fool, becomes general and senator... a simpleton would never achieve these ranks, he used force manipulation all the way through to seat Palpatine, he was part of the Sith conspiracy.

    • @midoribushi5331
      @midoribushi5331 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Darth Blinks, that made my evening. Thank you! 😅

  • @reginaldshort8486
    @reginaldshort8486 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    If you’re reading my words u carry democracy inside of u and know that u r not alone. Stand firm and hold onto hope for democracy only dies when we give into despair.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I am here too.

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bo-katan: "politics."

  • @toomanygrenades
    @toomanygrenades 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lions eh. Nothing a blaster can't handle.

  • @nomemories130
    @nomemories130 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Palpatine was the proverbial dog who caught the car. He undermined the Republic and seized power so masterfully then didn't really govern all that well, overreacting to insurgencies that never posed that much of a threat, not giving enough of the populace a stake in the continuation of the empire and too many a motive for overthrowing it, not creating a organizational structure or beauracracy that could continue on if he died.

  • @acejumper1681
    @acejumper1681 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Palpatine is the Trump of Star Wars.

    • @universesbiggestdouchebag8350
      @universesbiggestdouchebag8350 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Let's hope USA people will not let it become fully authoritarian.

    • @KristopherPrime
      @KristopherPrime 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      BIDEN of Star Wars. Trump is the rebel alliance equivalent.

    • @LadyFirebug
      @LadyFirebug 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠@@KristopherPrimeWhile I would place Biden as an ineffective chancellor of the old republic, Trump is most definitely Palpatine. He is exploiting justified dislike of a dysfunctional system to gain massive personal power, he doesn’t intend to share a scrap of it with you. You are not an X-Wing pilot facing down the evil empire, you are a senator cheering as Palpatine signs away your personal freedom, because he promises a better world under the new galactic empire.

  • @thomasbootham2707
    @thomasbootham2707 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Hey Alan could you do a video on what would happen if the republic didn’t become the empire and the cis was able to leave the republic and become their own government would that have been a sustainable future for the galaxy?

    • @OllamhDrab
      @OllamhDrab 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      (Sure, good luck with that Sith-appointed corporate oligarchy. The whole thing was a frame-up, remember?)

  • @MichaelB07
    @MichaelB07 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    8:08 well that was unexpected LMFAOOOOO

  • @The_DGO
    @The_DGO 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    “Billiant Fool” on the thumbnail

  • @evankirkpatrick8741
    @evankirkpatrick8741 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can’t believe palpating was a billiant fool

  • @vizardonator8571
    @vizardonator8571 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Ah yes, very “billiant”.

  • @DarknessGuard
    @DarknessGuard 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If there just had been some kind of time limit to the emergency power or or a retro-active green-lighting process by the people in power at the time of the emergency decree, after emergency measurements were taken...
    Either way, we have our own Palpatine story in real-life now but we'll see if this was just a fleeting idea in hindsight 5 years from now.