In Andor we see how devastatingly smart the empire can be in setting people against the each other or manipulating the rebellion to their advantage
But the point is that they’ve overextended themselves and rely on a manufactured image so people submit instead of fight back
GRRM: here are the nuances of ruling, how good men become bad or bad men think of themselves as good, and also here’s Bad Guy Islands. they love pillaging
Me: George, surely there’s some good there?
GRRM: well, there’s a new ruler
Me: oh, a reformer?
GRRM: he’s the worst yet.
Apparently despite never getting close to a working atomic bomb despite having started earlier the german nuclear program was better than the American program
Elon led the mass defunding of basically every US scientific institution and frequently spouts anti-science and anti-education nonsense
Wonder if that has anything to do with it
If Das Boot is a good anti-war film for showing how war is weeks of waiting with hours if not minutes of terror, & Come and See is a good anti-war film for showing the depths of human depravity in war, Jarhead is a good anti-war film for showing how 98% of guys experience neither