riot@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSo close to getting it...slrpnk.netimagemessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down116
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minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoOne could make the argument that the Death Star is a stand-in for nuclear weapons, as literal weapon of mass destruction. There was notable political push to use nuclear weapons in the Vietnam war This was not too long after there was notable political push to use nuclear weapons for heavy excavation and similar engineering purposes. Thankfully it was never actually performed since the results would obviously have been devastating
One could make the argument that the Death Star is a stand-in for nuclear weapons, as literal weapon of mass destruction. There was notable political push to use nuclear weapons in the Vietnam war
This was not too long after there was notable political push to use nuclear weapons for heavy excavation and similar engineering purposes. Thankfully it was never actually performed since the results would obviously have been devastating