• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    i wasn't called ludicrous until i became a software engineer and started asking questions about the impact of our work has on humanity. lol

    • Tervell [he/him]
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      17 days ago

      huh, apparently: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/DS-1_Orbital_Battle_Station#Imperial_construction

      Star Wars lore really has everything covered, I guess... also what:

      The project dragged out over nineteen years as labor union disputes along with the supply and design problems slowed the construction

      uh... good on the Empire for still having unions, I guess (do not hand it to 'em for the slavery though)? I love how this project is simultaneously using both slaves and unionized workers

      I think the meme was made mostly in response to the "the Rebels were actually evil for blowing it up because of all the innocent workers on board" takes, by the Battle of Yavin there probably weren't any Wookiee slaves still hanging around

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        17 days ago

        I love how this project is simultaneously using both slaves and unionized workers

        There's something horrifically realistic about that arrangement

        To help build the superweapon and curry the Emperor's favor, Tarkin had Darth Vader lead an Imperial invasion of Kashyyyk, where they enslaved Wookiees for labor. These Wookiees were transported to the Death Star's construction site. Much of the needed funding came from appropriated funds originally earmarked for the Department of System Exploration and the Department of Public Works.

        I also love how the funding came straight from austerity financing and raiding public goods departments, again how horrifically realistic

      • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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        17 days ago

        There probably weren't any on Death Star 1, but Death Star 2 was still in construction so it likely had slaves. Though that doesn't make the rebels the bad guys for blowing it up, it just makes the Empire even worse

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        17 days ago

        The very final scene of Andor was showing the widgets they'd been making in the death prison being installed in the Death Star's big death ray dish

      • ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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        17 days ago

        in response to the "the Rebels were actually evil for blowing it up because of all the innocent workers on board" takes

        Yes, because military vehicles are famous for having civilians all over the place!

        Show Spaceballs evacuation scene announcing closing the circus and zoo

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        17 days ago

        If I remember correctly

        Built by slaves

        Manned by Imperial troops and officers

        Both Death Stars

  • mayo_cider [he/him]
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    17 days ago

    I hope I don't slip while I fix this railing on this guard tower, I would hate to end up as the punchline in a shit joke