This is actually why the show ages perfectly. Fascist regimes are stupider and weaker than they actually are, act like they’re too big to fail, and their escalation of oppression only breeds more rebellion.
“Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”
The reason Andor is aging poorly for me is because I realized the Empire is insanely incompetent in the show and it ruins the whole "actually evil serious threat" thing
In the prison Cassian was through in there were a total of like 30 guards in the entire complex, which was a vital slave labor source for the most important industrial project the Empire was undertaking
The Empire sent more soldiers to antagonize Ferrix during Aunt Petunia's funeral because they are mustache twirling saturday morning villains instead of a serious entity
@GWBPatriot Cassian also talks about how easy it is to steal from them.
“They’re so proud of themselves, they don’t even care. They’re so fat and satisfied. They can’t imagine… that someone like me would get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear.”
@GWBPatriot Did you miss Nemik’s manifesto on this exact topic?
“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”