The Galactic Empire is Superior to the Galactic Republic

First let me address Pro"s points 1.Superior Government. This point was built on exaggerations and unknown information. We are told that the Trade Federation was greedy and capable of creating a blockade in an outlying star system, not that they had monopoly on all trade and commerce. The idea that the Republic should punish a legitimate business before it had all the facts is a terrible approach to government. While the Trade Federation would not have had power under the Empire, there is no evidence that the way the Empire handled trade was any less untrustworthy or greedy. It is true that the Republic moves slower than the Empire, but that is because they wanted more people to see what was going on and get more opinions on what to do. In stable governments were things are going well " which on the whole seems to be what the Republic was " major change is approach slowly to be sure that it is a wise move. The Senate"s biggest mistake was abandoning this approach in Revenge of the Sith. 2.Superior Technology. This is an empty point. The Empire had better technology because it came later it time. Every generation in human history has had better technology than the one before it. Even during the Middle Ages (sometimes wrongly called the Dark Ages), technology continued to advance every generation. Of course the Empire had better technology. And the generations after the fall of the Empire would have even better technology. That"s how progress works. 3.Superior Economy and Employment. Yes, the Empire built the Death Stars. Does this mean the Republic was not building anything? That is a big jump in logic that does not appear to be justified by the films. Also, if we assume that the First Order from the Force Awakens follows the same pattern as the Empire before it, then the Empire was not "allowing" people to enlist in the Imperial Army. It was kidnapping children and forcing them into the army[1]. The Imperial Army functioned more like a third-world warlord than a benevolent employer. Now let"s consider the advantages of the Republic. 1.HIGH PARTICIPATION: In any empire there is one ultimate authority and voice: the Emperor"s. The workings of the empire are limited to his vision. In a representative democracy there are millions of voices " in the Galactic Republic there were likely trillions of voices. That means trillions of different ideas, different ways of doing things, different individuals trying to find the best solution. In the Empire, if the Emperor does not like an idea it dies. In the Republic, no single voice can destroy an idea. Instead it can be refined through countless points of view searching for the best solution. In a Republic the best ideas come to the top. In an Empire only the Emperor"s ideas come to the top. 2.CHECKS AND BALANCES A republic is slower to act. There is no question about that. But that slowness means that no individual has too much power. But in the Empire the Emperor has absolute power. As Lord Acton said, "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."[2] The Empire set up conditions for certain corruption. 3.MORAL SUPPERIORITY. Let"s face it: the Empire was objectively evil. I have already mentioned how it kidnapped children and forced them to be soldiers. More than that, it built and used a weapon to destroy inhabited planets. According to the Geneva Convention even in times of war only soldiers can be killed[3]. Civilians who do not fight back are not to be harmed. In using the Death Star the Empire completely ignored the distinction between soldiers and civilians. They murdered countless children. There is no possible justification for that. The Empire was unquestionably evil. The Republic might not have been perfect, but it was far better than the Empire. 1.http://starwars.wikia.com... 2.http://www.acton.org... 3.https://www.icrc.org...