I think a giant imperial military blob with an unwieldy and overfunded warfare state making catastrophic tactical decisions by misusing expensive equipment in unsuitable conditions is among the most believable things in that entire movie
The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that.
Roommate [has me hooked up to a lie detector]: Are you high enough to eat brown sugar by itself?
Me: [reassuring smell of molasses as I wave] Thankfully no.
being against murdering children isn’t radical, anti-semitic or treasonous. it is the baseline human position and anyone who tries to qualify these horrors has lost their soul