Gang Aft Agley

Yeah, yeah. It's bad. We get it. Kinda hard to miss right now. You know what? So is everywhere else. You are not going to find a single government, a single nation, anywhere on earth that is perfect and unproblematic.

We need to acknowledge this. Nowhere is perfect. Everywhere has corrupt people who actively seek positions they can use to exploit power and enrich themselves at the expense of others. The vast majority of countries in the world have a lot of blood on their hands and were founded in war; loads of countries have a history of colonization and exploitation of other countries, and a lot of that is continuing to this day.

Now raise your hand: who here was taught as a child to believe in the good your nation can do for its people and the world? Who here was raised with the idea that your country had an awful past but has learned better and is trying to move forward to do better and be better in the future?

Short of buying a boat and hiding away at sea, you are never, ever going to be free of nationality. Not even if you burn it all down; something new will just arise in its place. This is the world we have; this is the society we have to live in. Do you not wish it was better? Do you not wish that is did reflect that optimism you were raised with?

The reason children around the world are taught to believe in the good side of their nation is NOT because the people teaching us want to indoctrinate us into the cult of nationalism (okay yeah, some do do that on purpose, and sometimes that's just the result despite teachers' best efforts), but because they want us to see that good side, see what things are like now, and get angry and disappointed and energized enough to fight to make it reality. To actually do better and become a better world for everyone.

#shared life experience

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & CT-7567 | Rex Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, CT-7567 | Rex, Mace Windu, CC-2224 | Cody, ARC-5555 | Fives, Darth Maul, Anakin Skywalker, Clone Trooper Trapper (Star Wars), Ahsoka Tano Additional Tags: Canon Divergence - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Childhood Trauma, War generally being awful, Not Anakin-friendly, Obi-Wan Kenobi Needs a Hug, CT-7567 | Rex Needs a Hug, That’s Not How The Force Works (Star Wars), Post-Zygerria Arc (Star Wars: Clone Wars), Post-Rako Hardeen Arc (Star Wars: Clone Wars), Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Clone Troopers Deserve Better (Star Wars), Clone Troopers and Jedi as Found Family (Star Wars), Protective Clone Troopers (Star Wars), Canon-Typical Violence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, But someone is going to die Summary:

“Captain Rex,” Cody nods sharply, the grip on his helmet tightening. “You’re needed immediately at the Jedi Temple. General Windu will meet you at the hangar and escort you to the Room of a Thousand Fountains.”

“Yes, Commander,” Rex replies blandly, wondering when anyone would tell him what the haran is going on. What is wrong with General Kenobi now? “Do I need to bring Kix, or—”