THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 149 — Can 2026 Please End? Anakin Memes? California Throuples?

The writers of Rogue One were, you know, as you say, running around in the wake of the Trump election saying, oh, well, in our film, the Empire represents Donald Trump, and they have this character who's basically, like, supposed to be based on Trump. And they were putting, like, this little resistance flag in their. In their Twitter bios and stuff. And this was, you know, it's been a long time coming. What can I say? It's been a long time coming. Well, I think they're. I think the memes are fun. I think it's fun. What. I'll say. What made it go too far? What made it go too far was there were people who were like, we're going to win the midterms because of Anakin Memes. And a few of them seem to believe it. Yeah, that's. That's not. That's. Wait, what's this? Run it back with audio. Is he in the ship? Padme? I've brought Obi Wan with me as. Like you've asked. But he told me terrible things, Anakin. What things, exactly? He said you've turned to the dark side, and he's said he's watched a video of you killing the younglings. Obi Wan is a boomer. He must have watched some AI Slops on Facebook. You know how it is in these days. Forget about it. So you didn't turn to the dark side. I was lowkey hoping you did, actually. You did turn to the dark side, huh? Because love won't save you. Only through power can you be saved. So I get why this is making some people uncomfortable, because, like, you don't. We don't actually endorse going to the dark side. What I endorse is how this illuminates the real angst and anger of young white men and young men in general that have been villainized in this culture. And, you know, they felt like Trump, like, was the chosen one. Right? I mean, they did. They did. There was a bit. Yeah. You were supposed to be the chosen one, and I think Didn't. We didn't. You were supposed to make peace with the ran, not bomb them. Yeah, exactly. I think Russ put one. Russ put it up. Here we have the 11 compilation, but it's too big. Oh, here, here's this one. I got it. This is a great one. Russ sent this one. It's like Obi Wan. It goes. You were the chosen one. It was said you would destroy the neocons, not join them. Bring balance to the country, not leave it in darkness. And Trump, looking back, I hate you. I hate you. And then, Boomercon, you are my brother and.