Comment Re:Star Wars history and actual history parallels (Score 1) 752
Okay I screwed that up. Here are those links I was trying to post.
http://www.mises.org/fullarticle.asp?record =277&mo nth=11
http://mises.org/fullarticle.asp?control=948&mon th =44&title=Star+Wars+and+Our+Wars&id=44
and a quote:
The first prequel was based on British colonialism and the problem of mercantilism (the theory that nations benefits by protecting their producers from outside competition). Here the increasingly evil Republic uses its powers to tax trade routes, blockade, and invade in order to assert power and enforce mercantile economic policies on its subjects in Naboo.
http://www.mises.org/fullarticle.asp?recor
http://mises.org/fullarticle.asp?control=948&mo
and a quote:
The first prequel was based on British colonialism and the problem of mercantilism (the theory that nations benefits by protecting their producers from outside competition). Here the increasingly evil Republic uses its powers to tax trade routes, blockade, and invade in order to assert power and enforce mercantile economic policies on its subjects in Naboo.
