{"id":1387,"date":"2015-01-06T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2015-01-06T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:34:10","slug":"the-usa-is-the-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"The USA is the Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s sum up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We destroy civilizations\u00a0from the sky, using terrifying technology only we control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img4.wikia.nocookie.net\/__cb20130220054306\/starwars\/images\/c\/c7\/DestructionOfAlderaan-ANH.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We torture&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture#Examples_of_torture_and_abuse_of_prisoners\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture#Examples_of_torture_and_abuse_of_prisoners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and it proves ineffective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanatic.com\/quotes\/refering-to-leia-she-lied-she-lied-to-us-i-told-you-she-would-ne\/\">http:\/\/www.moviefanatic.com\/quotes\/refering-to-leia-she-lied-she-lied-to-us-i-told-you-she-would-ne\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Governor Tarkin: [refering to Leia] She lied. She lied to us.<br \/>\nDarth Vader: I told you she would never consciously betray the Rebellion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/09\/cia-torture-effectiveness_n_6297720.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/09\/cia-torture-effectiveness_n_6297720.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We use killer\u00a0robots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/img3.wikia.nocookie.net\/__cb20080318122730\/starwars\/images\/4\/4f\/Arakyd_Viper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"221\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2014\/nov\/24\/-sp-us-drone-strikes-kill-1147\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2014\/nov\/24\/-sp-us-drone-strikes-kill-1147<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our militarized police kill civilians without trial or repercussion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/0.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com\/31\/89\/8fb326aff80d7fbddd2b19f7c8712f5c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2014\/09\/08\/how-many-police-shootings-a-year-no-one-knows\/\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2014\/09\/08\/how-many-police-shootings-a-year-no-one-knows\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;re the good guys. Right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s sum up. We destroy civilizations\u00a0from the sky, using terrifying technology only we control. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki &nbsp; We torture&#8230; http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture#Examples_of_torture_and_abuse_of_prisoners &#8230;and it proves ineffective. http:\/\/www.moviefanatic.com\/quotes\/refering-to-leia-she-lied-she-lied-to-us-i-told-you-she-would-ne\/ Governor Tarkin: [refering to Leia] She lied. She lied to us. Darth Vader: I told you she would never consciously betray the Rebellion. http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/09\/cia-torture-effectiveness_n_6297720.html &nbsp; We use killer\u00a0robots. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}