• Naura@startrek.website
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    4 months ago

    What I think is that because they are incapable of empathetic thought, the message gets lost.

    TNG’s Time’s Arrow, DS9’s Past Tense, VOY’s Life Line are all just made up stories to them. No human condition there.

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      4 months ago

      I think this is indeed it, unfortunately.

      To such sociopaths incapable of empathetic thought, Star Trek is awesome because future and technology and winning battles. So if you’re a tech bro and you’re winning (money) and pushing technology forward regardless of the costs, and everybody knows who you are because of it, well then you must be an awesome human that’s winning at life! Because obviously good life = victorious life.