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syn0vial · 1 year

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kinda fucked up that the jedi are written to have mind control powers that they apparently use often and casually on civilians with no oversight, and that the writers' justification for why this is acceptable good guy behavior is that it only works on the "weak-minded."

#star wars #jedi #"yeah they casually violate other beings' mental and physical autonomy on the reg''#''but it's okay bc the people they use it on are r*tards :)''#note that i'm not talking about OT obi-wan using mind-tricks to not get killed by stormtroopers. do whatcha gotta do #but using it on a random drug dealer who posed zero threat out of casual annoyance? kinda fucked up #also please: this is not an attack on your blorbo. it is a criticism of choices made by the writer(s)#idk just kind of seems to be an example of the moralization of intelligence #where not being clever enough is seen as a moral failing deserving of punishment/humiliation #whereas being clever gives you the authority to humiliate/control such people #anyway. wish star wars had smarter writers who wrote this being an actual point of contention in the jedi order ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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