>On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, DAVID CHRISTENSON wrote:
>
>> But look at the fantasy they're consuming in Trek: a future where
>> capitalism is no longer the driving force, and the capitalists are
>> typically the villains or clowns. (BTW, I think you've just called most
>> of the people on this list "imbeciles.")
>
>However, the world of Trek is one where the military-industrial complex
>controls just about everything. Yuck.
>
Huh? I think this is the perception because the Trek stories focus on the
Trek characters, most of whom are in this military. However, it's clear
that there are a lot of other leveld to the Trek universe than the
Federation. Is Earth controlled by a Starfleet Admiral? How about Bajor?
Cardassia is. Q'nos (Klingon home world is). Feren'g'nar (sp?) isn't?
Rysa isn't? Even Voyager's Neelix's home world, to my knowledge, isn't.
The point is that we're talking about billions of people populating a
fictional universe only a small part of which we see. Nobody's really
pressed into service, though it's a pretty high achievement to get into
Starfleet. Then again, it's a still higher achievement to be the host of
another being, as Dax is, and that's got nothing to do with the military.
I could go on, but I'll stop now.
-Sean
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