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he tells it like it is (lemmy.nz)

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The Emperor could easily close those tax loopholes if he wanted to, but that might hurt his rich friends.

The Death Star was a huge waste, and the military knew it. You could tell by how Grand Admiral Thrawn dodged the question when a reporter asked him about it, and then had the reporter imprisoned. He knew full well those credits could have paid for at least 2 full Imperial Battle Fleets.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The Emperor could easily close those tax loopholes

Were they not closed?

You could tell by how Grand Admiral Thrawn

Thrawn has daddy issues & just likes to be choked, it's a known "secret", and it's kinda super weird.

Not to mention how he kept his position when the full blueprints were published on War Thunder forums.
(Some of the constriction crew literally used the forum blueprints to built it.)