"In the universe of Star Trek, the Prime Directive, Starfleet’s General Order #1, is the most prominent guiding principle of the United Federation of Planets. The Prime Directive dictates that there can be no interference with the internal development of alien civilizations.
It has special implications, however, for civilizations that have not yet developed the technology for interstellar spaceflight (“pre-warp”), since no primitive culture can be given or exposed to any information regarding advanced technology or the existence of extraplanetary civilizations, lest this exposure alter the natural development of the civilization."
They also dont permit a civilization membership in the federation until it has a one-world government. They use slightly more diplomatic terminology, however.
The socialist politics pop up quite a bit in the Star Trek sequelae, er, sequels. According to the Federation of Planets page at Wikipedia, they also have an economy that functions without money - but there’s this thing they use called “credits”
With replicators, transporters, and anti-matter power sources, one wonders if they have abolished scarcity in theory, but kept it around in practice because they are afraid of social upheaval?
Not for me. I don’t agree with the socialistic message behind Star Trek, but just because I don’t agree with that sort of thing doesn’t mean I don’t like something like, say, The Grapes of Wrath.
Most things in Star Trek aren’t too well thought-out. The existence of “holodecks” for instance. The free-market entertainment value alone would drastically alter the human race (everyone that owned one would become a recluse). Or if there’s still a State, it would be used to enslave the entire population.
Well given that entire episodes have taken place on holodecks, there are conspiracy theories that involve the ending of the episode where they left the holodeck as another layer of trickery. Perhaps they were used to enslave everyone
I left timeless pursuits like watching star trek behind before she came along, but I saw the pinups. I still think she needed an electro-optical system. I guess that makes me a nerd.
lol me too actually I was hooked on TNG, but only saw her as the bionic borg woman in clips and posters. It wasn’t enough to get me to watch Deep Space Nine or Voyager (whichever one she was on)
