It's post WWII Soviet Russia, I think literally everyone in that village is dirt poor. I think Philip mentioned he's from some town in Siberia.

Altoids: They're Curiously Strong

Well okay then, I stand corrected.

1963: Civil Rights activists face down police dogs, batons, and fire hoses.

"By all accounts"? By all means give me proof that someone that actually painted a swastika in fecal matter on campus.

I didn't think the message of the episode was difficult to glean at all:

The joke is that the president stepping down doesn't actually mean anything. All it did was shine media attention on them where it became plain that they have no idea what they want or how to accomplish it.

Search your incinerator and know it be true!

House cats will sleep for 18 hours a day if you let them. It's why they are supposed to be low-maintenance pets.

I thought they made that pretty explicit in the second episode when we get a POV shot of her checking Peggy's ass out.

He did have to work with a Democrat-controlled Congress for his entire 8 years, after all.

I was fine with him this episode until he made that last scowl in the penultimate scene where Floyd declares war.

So I'm pretty sure Ed is going to snap. The salon boss mentioned that the course is in Sioux Falls which we know will result in some kind of blood bath that Lou will have to deal with.

Retaliation for Dodd beating up the KC goons in the donut shop.

The idea that trillions of people should be ruled by one centralized authority is creepy. There's no way the Republic had the best interests of every system at heart. Lots of planets had to be getting screwed.

Power attracts petty and cruel people. This is true whether we are talking about the asshole bureaucrat or the guys running the Gulag.

Setting aside the morality of the Empire, it's clear that the Empire was obviously hamstrung by its own bureaucracy and internal politics and that more than anything else lead to its destruction.

I think the 20th century proved pretty clearly how blood-thirsty left-wingers could be as well.

I never understood why it was wrong for a confederacy of independent star systems to secede from Republic.

Her plan was to ensnare all of Birdperson and Rick's criminal associates at once by luring them to their wedding.