[Promotum] Great StarWars article

[Ed Hintz]

Over at time:

<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020429/story.html>

Some rather interesting quotes:

> "That's the issue that I've been exploring: How did the Republic turn
>into the Empire? That's paralleled with: How did Anakin turn into Darth
>Vader? How does a good person go bad, and how does a democracy become a
>dictatorship? It isn't that the Empire conquered the Republic, it's that
>the Empire is the Republic." 

>"All democracies turn into dictatorships--but not by coup. The people give
>their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or
>Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea
>... What kinds of things push people and institutions into this direction?"

>Obi-Wan echoes John McCain on campaign-finance reform: "It is my
>experience that Senators focus only on pleasing those who fund their
>campaigns ... and they are by no means scared of forgetting the niceties
>of democracies in order to get those funds."


Peace,

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