In Star Wars Neither the Republic or the Empire are Good or Bad

Now, as I outlined very briefly in my last post the Galactic Republic was bad in the sense that it didn't work. In this case bad can be defined as: 'of poor or inferior quality; defective; deficient: a bad diamond; a bad spark plug. ' Now before I go any further I need to acknowledge the fact that Pro has drawn a parallel between the republic and the United States of America. While on a shallow level the two may appear similar, I really don't think they are, and the arguments that follow this are really not intended to be derogatory towards America in any way. I am just an Aussie, all I do is ride around on kangaroos all day so what would I know anyway (sorry I'll start now). First of all the only proof that you need that the republic was a bad system was that systems decided to leave. Sure they were lead by the evil Count Dooku, and some, like Nute Gunray and the trade federation, were probably only in it for the money, and the Zygerians just wanted slaves plus the Banking Clan were all selfish bastards and don't even get me started on Poggle the Lesser (sorry George, not your best moment). But other systems, like Sy Myrth and Ryflor, joined the Confederacy of Independent systems because of the turmoil that was engulfing the senate of the republic. Source: . http://starwars.wikia.com... Then theres the fact that they were stupid enough to appoint a nut case as supreme chancellor, although you can forgive them for this, he did make a very strong case, then they voted him emergency powers. Which basically meant the aforementioned nut job could do whatever they wanted. . http://starwars.wikia.com...(Galactic_Alliance) Why was all this able to take place you ask? Because prolonged belief in a system that is fundamentally flawed leaves you vulnerable to make mistakes. For the dumbass senators (remember, galaxy far far away, not the USA(hooray for rhymes)), the signs should have been obvious. Blockades without any real reason, an outbreak of a droid army, coinciding with the return of the dark lord of the Sith. But when you start to get complacent, things like this scare you and when your scared you tend to lean towards self preservation, and for senators, the preservation of their people and their people alone. So what do they do? They go war, with an army that never should have been used after it was discovered that it had been created by a ghost. This very army then wiped out the protectors of the republic and ensured the rise to power of the empire. Any system that allows this series of mistakes to happen cannot be considered good. Now pro may play the same card he used earlier here and say that for a long period of time the republic was able to maintain order so I'm just going to preempt him here and say that in the end they lost and thats what people remember. In 50 years time no ones going to say Adam Scott did really well at the british open for most the time, they're going to say he chocked in the last round and lost the tournament (for those of you who don't know, Scott was leading by 5 strokes at the start of the final round and lost). This will be the legacy that the republic leaves behind and no amount of peace before that can change it. Now, back to the fact that the republic was allowed to stuff up. Complacency, is basically the problem. For far to long the senate had had nothing major to do and could just sit around on their haunches for the best part. In order to prevent this they could have turned over senators quicker to ensure their terms were not too long, actively discussed ways to end slavery in the outer rim or even been proactive and gone out and recruited planets like Tatooine to their cause! Did they? No and this proved to be very BAD. When the time came to do something they saw Palpatine as a way out. I can imagine a conversation between two senators going something like this: A: We're at war now, what are we going to do? B: I dunno, I'll probably just go round to Dexters again and stuff my face A: But seriously, shouldn't we do something to help save the republic B: Relax, I've heard a rumour we got an army that seems to have come out of no where that no one knows anything about, I'm sure we'll be fine. A:Yeah i guess so. Hey, heres an idea, why don't we give the chancellor emergency powers, that way he can do whatever he likes and make our problems go away. B: Thats a great idea, it saves us arguing all the time as well. A: Now what were you saying about Dexters? B: I heard he's throwing an all you can eat buffet, only 60 credits! A: Well what are we waiting for, I'm sure we have time, Palpatines just gonna solve our problems anyway. Senator Amidala must have felt like Gary Ablett at a Gold Coast game (you'd probably have to be an Aussie to get this one, imagine KD playing for the Bobcats and you've pretty much got the gist of it). Last but not least, I have to address one last flaw in the republic and that is, in large numbers, democracy breaks down. For two reasons: 1. The people are stupid and chose the wrong thing, or 2. Everyone gets selfish and wants something different. This is why they had so much in fighting in the first place which started the separatist movement in the first place. Sure they CIS had a democracy as well, but it was short and sharp, plus there weren't as many voices. If you want proof of this go watch SWTCW, I can't remember which episode it is but there is an example of a CIS vote. Basically, the republic was full of senators that didn't do a lot, and was eventually taken down by one evil mastermind, and any system that is overwhelmed that easily is definitely of poor or inferior quality, or, in layman's terms, BAD. Over to you Pro P. s. I don't care if any one thinks SWTCW is stupid, I happen to think it is good, light entertainment. Plus Captain Rex is a beast.