Another reason TLJ was bad is because of that whole thing with DJ pointing out that the good guys and the bad guys bought weapons. Like I get that this movie was all about the whole moral grey area thing, but to me, it just felt exactly like when people use the bullshit horseshoe theory to equate the far left and the far right as both bad, when it’s just an entire false equivalence.
Like yeah, the resistance bought weapons but they’re not making a fucking fascist government and killing innocents with it, bud. What are they supposed to do, lie down and not fight back? Fuck off.
I get what you're saying, but I really don't think that's what he was trying to say. Before he talks about that, DJ says something like, "Let's see what kind of scum owned this ship.". And he reveals that the person had sold weapons to both sides. It's not about who bought them, it's the guy that sold them. Finn and Rose were criticizing the weapons dealers so easily and saw them as being strictly "bad" when in fact it was more complicated than that. Those people who sold the weapons didn't choose sides. Now, it doesn't mean they were right to do that, but DJ's point was that, that's what war is, two sides fighting and an arms dealer to supply it all.
I'm not saying The Last Jedi was perfect, I actually found a lot of flaws with it, but this scene was actually one of the most impactful in my opinion. :)
