The Final Frontier: 10 Political Messages Beamed Through “Star Trek”

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | December 12, 2010 | Walter Hudson

[Walter Scott Hudson]

Here are direct links to each of the 10 listed messages in Star Trek.

The U.N. in Space

Prime Directive

No Money

Galactic Peace

Silly God, Tricks Are For Man

Occupations and Insurgents

Set Phasers on Stun

Cosmic Environmentalism

Resistance Is Futile

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

[screaminsunshine]

Fine but the Democrats are the Borg invasion.

[screaminsunshine]

Fine but the Democrats are the Borg invasion.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

You really mean: The Left are the Borg invasion. Don’t make exceptions for: socialists, communists, dictators, and RINOS.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Funny, but even though there is ‘no money’ etc., there is clearly a huge hierarchy in the Star Trek future (e.g. don't dis Picard etc.). This is precisely the leftist model, take away the ability to differentiate oneself by hard work and earning a better life, but keep in place a strict hierarchy that divides society into ‘rock stars’ and the borg.

[Caipirabob]

If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.

Even in the history of STTOS, a botched first contact with a "different" alien culture led to a huge war - with the Klingon empire.

[wally_bert]

Bookmarked.

[GBA]

I am Obama from Soros.

Resistance is futile.

Your life, as it has been, is over.

From this time forward, you will service us.

[fishtank]

you forgot !slam

[Sybeck1]

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Trek-Marxism.html

Economics of Star Trek, TOS capitalist, TNG Marxist.

[Le Chien Rouge]

NO ONE celebrated diversity like Kirk!!!!

[Elwood P. Doud]

The left out “you can make computers blow themsevles up by arguing with them.” (Though when I try that with my H-P, I just get hoarse).

[TomGuy]

I used to get so aggravated at ST:TNG.

Picard and the Enterprise were on their way to some galactic war or major conflict, but a crappy PC episode intervened and interrupted their journey.

They seldom ever got to anything really exciting.

[RandallFlagg]

Ping!

[Cheburashka]

...but keep in place a strict hierarchy that divides society into ‘rock stars’ and the borg.

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I think you mean cattle, not borg. The borg collectively have power, they can fight. The “cattle” of such a society are kept to be milked until they are “harvested” (i.e. slaughtered). The idea that anyone would care about the opinions of the cattle is ludicrous.

Or to quote something else I once read: “They divide humanity into cowboys and cows. You are not a cowboy.”

[ASOC]

LOL

All I know is - if you wear a red shirt, you are dooooooomed.

IE Security are disposable.

No thanks to that ‘future’.

[ansel12]

One thing that Captain Kirk cannot abide, is a passive, Utopia.

[wally_bert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt1zwlqMXZ8

[Tijeras_Slim]

Kirk was only imitating Laz.

And he failed.

Laz would have hit the Gorn.

[ASOC]

LOL

Thanks for the link and laff