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the last one is a pretty cruel way of referring to it but one of elons like 12 kids died of sudden infant death syndrome like the day of it's birth iirc. not really one of the things you can dunk on him for imo but, thats what it is

I have started to think of the Jedi being blamed for the Fall of the Republic like blaming firefighters for wildfires.

They have been fighting fires (corruption) for years, but the fire is getting bigger and hotter and spreading farther. They're doing their best but there aren't enough of them to go everywhere there are fires. The Senate points them to where really big fires are, but sometimes it turns out they just want their property saved and there weren't that many people in the building. The Jedi still save lives but they have to look at the bigger picture and hope volunteers will put out the little fires because they simply don't have the people for every little fire even though they wish they did. The Senate starts restricting their use of water. Then an arsonist, Palpatine, is made mayor and takes control of their budget.

Dooku and the CIS start lighting fires on purpose. Palpatine let's Dooku know where the most flammable places are.

And the firefighters (Jedi) keep fighting the fire. They can't not fight the fire. People will die if they don't fight the fire. Then the government is like: there are not enough firefighters to fight the fire, but here is a large population of people we will force to fight the fire with you. You shouldn't have qualms, apparently an individual that used to work for you is the one that paid for their training so really they're your responsibility. You'll be in charge of them on the field and get to watch them die, but we control their lives and have decided they're not people so we don't have to pay them. Good deal. We are good at fighting fires.

And the Jedi can't say no because they need to stop the fire and they can't do it alone at this point. Many of the Jedi are killed in their attempts to stop the gasoline fire Dooku lights and it shows how badly they need these new people.

Luckily, the people drafted to fight with them, the clones are also good at fighting fires! It's dangerous many clones will die, but despite having no choice they stand beside the Jedi bravely. The Jedi do everything in their power to protect them. They fight alongside them and try to minimize loss.

There are a few Jedi that get overwhelmed by anger or trauma. They become arsonists themselves, but the number of those that do can be counted on one hand compared to the thousands of Jedi that continue to fight fires.

Sadly, the clones have explosives inside them that Palpatine, the mayor, has the trigger for. Just when it feels like the fire is under control and the people lighting the fires have been stopped, Palpatine sets them off.

Most of the clones are never the same. They think the Jedi had to have set off the bombs inside them, even though they would have never thought them capable of it before. Most never learn the truth. They hate the Jedi for being traitors.

Most of the firefighters die. And their families too. Their children and uncles and aunts and grandparents, and cousins even if they weren't capable of fighting fires they all get burned to death.

The mayor declares it was the firefighters lighting fires and outlaws being a firefighter.

Some of the Jedi survive. Some of them can't bring themselves to fight fires anymore. Some of them keep doing it because it's what they were trained to do. A lot of them are novices who didn't know all the best techniques, but they find their own methods to put out fires and teach others how to do it as well.

And the rebellion begins because when you see fire the logical thing to do is put it out, but all the firefighters are dead or in hiding and being a firefighter is illegal. There's no one to call so the town's people start doing it themselves, inspired by the Jedi.

This becomes extremely important when the mayor makes a device that can light entire cities on fire at the push of a button.

Anyway that's my metaphor and maybe explains my point of view when it comes to the Jedi.

Pro-Palestine music as protest has been a thing for ages but nothing prepared me for "Hind's Hall" by Macklemore, which has both some great lyrics, some great commentary on protests at Columbia, and for which ALL PROCEEDS GO TO UNRWA.

You don't gotta like his music, but damn. Gotta admit Macklemore has been putting his money where his mouth is for months on this issue.

You can donate directly to UNRWA on their website.

It's not yet on streaming platforms but I heard a snippet in Democracy Now, and he posted part of it to Twitter/X.

I will disclaim that I disagree with the "not voting for Biden" thing, due to the fact that I personally believe that the American political system forces a Lesser Evil approach. I understand the intent, but I do disagree on a personal and political level.

Prepare for Umbrellas

Me and my friends family had to pass through the 'Prepare for umbrellas' Area to get to somewhere. The 'Prepare for umbrellas' area is a huge place filled with rotting giant flesh filled with giant maggots. The flesh was so huge it was towering and making areas of darkness under it. We were on a platform that let us see a safe distance away but it had missing steps to its ladders. If you fell, then no one was coming to rescue you. Your best bet was killing yourself before the maggots got you. I was trying to climb the ladder to get away but my hands kept slipping. The reason they call it 'Prepare for umbrellas', was because it near constantly rained. So i kept jumping down and sliding over the flesh that was under the platform. Basically holding it up. I was fast enough to only startle the man eating maggots and none bit me. But there was another woman who kept coming back to the place. I remember thinking she was in some kind of cult or something. Eventually after my third fall i heard a commotion. I turned vack and the exterminators were here. A task force that kills the maggots that get too close and reduces their numbers once in a while. There was no completely getting rid of them so best to keep the casualties at bay. There were always children you could see from the platform getting mawled by the maggots. It wasn't that sad of a sight. At least you couldn't hear them screaming. What i didn't mention was that the rotting flesh smelled, well, as disgusting as a towering mass of maggot filled flesh could. And the exterminators shot anyone who smelled like it. They couldn't risk it. And i had been sliding down it.

Dream me panicked. I ran up the ladders as fast as i could and reached the platform. By then my friend's family was back from whatever they were doing and we were all climbing the ladders. Waiting for my turn i heard a slip and scream. I didn't look down but i knew exactly what happened. The lady had been taken. She was struggling and screaming for someone, Anyone to save her. I wondered if we had a gun with us as i climbed the ladder.

And if my aim was good enough to kill her from this high.

We finally reached the last platform but i knew one of us was going to die. Someone always did at these sorts of places. And i was right.

A lady behind us got grabbed by the maggots, or whatever flesh they managed to control. At first she complained that she couldn't hawl herself up for some reason. That her clothes got stuck on something. But i knew.

The scariest thing was that they managed to get so high.

And she was terrified understandably. But the people on the platform merely laughed and teased her. They were used to such horrors.

They ended up cutting her leg off. We didn't have bandages so we could only hope she didn't bleed out.

She probably did.

Some notes:

The rotting flesh had been there for as long as anyone could remember. So by all rights all of it should be gone by now. We think the maggots keep it up as a sort of breeding ground.

No one knows what animal the flesh came from. Not even the biggest animals in history could compare. It's best not to think about it.

If you're looking at the ground from the platforms then you'll notice that the floor is always moving. Don't focus on it.

Or you'll see something you wish you didn't.