Very apropos that "centered" here is actually way off to the right side

Thinking he's Keynes, when actually he's channeling another luminary from the distant path of 1993.

This remains my explanation for why technology doesn't change between the High Republic / Acolyte era, and the sequel trilogy era, over centuries: capital tied up in exploited droid labor and nobility. Star Wars is science fiction that asks, "what if an entire galaxy never invented economics?"

Have you considered semaphore?