The writers for that show believe the same things as our Betters who make these plans, so it's not surprising when there's overlap between fact and fiction.
DS9 has aged the best, but TNG will always be my favorite.
And Q is my favorite character, because he is to the Federation what the Federation is to all the other civilizations; and they hate him for it. "Oh you think you're in a position to lecture others? Well I just came back from my visit to this ancient civilization whose ruins you are excavating, and I think later I'll take a stroll on the surface of this star the planet's orbiting."
I realized the alien thing was bullshit when the head of Israeli NASA said there was a galactic federation that was leaving us alone because of nukes and violence. Not only is that straight out of SG-1 and other SciFi, keeping the unholy xeno away from us is exactly why we should keep the nukes.
I suppose it would be for control. You know, "Scientists have derived these aliens, you couldn't possibly observe yourself, are going to annihilate us all. They believe the aliens will spare us if everyone wears a neon green codpiece to show the aliens we want peace with them. You don't get the freedom to endanger others by choosing to not wear your codpiece. Scientists are the experts on this you must not question them."
However, I guess they don't need more control at this point. I'm probably also stretching to find something else to discuss than the current prevailing topics here.
The utopian dream: all of humanities borders, differences, and disagreements will melt away when we learn of life and civilization transcending our little planet
Reality: leftists promise total subservience to the aliens' agenda if they promise to use their superior technology to brutally wipe out all white conservatives
To what end?
One of the premises of Star Trek is that after First Contact humans became a lot more open to the idea of globohomo society. Perhaps to that end?
The writers for that show believe the same things as our Betters who make these plans, so it's not surprising when there's overlap between fact and fiction.
DS9 has aged the best, but TNG will always be my favorite.
And Q is my favorite character, because he is to the Federation what the Federation is to all the other civilizations; and they hate him for it. "Oh you think you're in a position to lecture others? Well I just came back from my visit to this ancient civilization whose ruins you are excavating, and I think later I'll take a stroll on the surface of this star the planet's orbiting."
I realized the alien thing was bullshit when the head of Israeli NASA said there was a galactic federation that was leaving us alone because of nukes and violence. Not only is that straight out of SG-1 and other SciFi, keeping the unholy xeno away from us is exactly why we should keep the nukes.
Suffer not the heretic, mutant or xeno to live.
I suppose it would be for control. You know, "Scientists have derived these aliens, you couldn't possibly observe yourself, are going to annihilate us all. They believe the aliens will spare us if everyone wears a neon green codpiece to show the aliens we want peace with them. You don't get the freedom to endanger others by choosing to not wear your codpiece. Scientists are the experts on this you must not question them."
However, I guess they don't need more control at this point. I'm probably also stretching to find something else to discuss than the current prevailing topics here.
The utopian dream: all of humanities borders, differences, and disagreements will melt away when we learn of life and civilization transcending our little planet
Reality: leftists promise total subservience to the aliens' agenda if they promise to use their superior technology to brutally wipe out all white conservatives
Unless the aliens themselves are conservative, in which case they'll declare total war to force their children to watch Drag Queen Story Hour.