I binge watched all of TNG just a few months ago, and that episode sticks out like a sore thumb.
The entire crew is just totally on board with violating a species' right to govern themselves. I can't think of a single other instance in the whole series where that happens. Normally there is ALWAYS some kind of conflicted discussion over whether to intervene, over what gives them the right to impose their morality on others, but not in this episode.
It's one of the few episodes in the show that is propaganda first, entertainment second.
I binge watched all of TNG just a few months ago, and that episode sticks out like a sore thumb.
The entire crew is just totally on board with violating a species' right to govern themselves. I can't think of a single other instance in the whole series where that happens. Normally there is ALWAYS some kind of conflicted discussion over whether to intervene, over what gives them the right to impose their morality on others, but not in this episode.
It's one of the few episodes in the show that is propaganda first, entertainment second.