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[anundine]

sheev being back to take primacy as the big bad of the star wars universe once again is a commentary on the specter of institutional injustice and the forces that made bush-era politics possible. kylo ren is a clear parallel to the self-entitled incel/alt-right crowd, those who are demonstrably evil in their own right yet are nevertheless the result of wider, older systems of injustice. these systems are perpetuated, but not originated, by pale imitators who don the trappings of shitlords of yore for their own opportunistic gain, such as trump and snoke. in this essay, i will…