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There’s an old fan theory about various Trek series that says that what we’re watching is nothing more than Federation-produced propaganda, showing the citizenry how wonderful Starfleet is, how it protects people from the menace of other races etc This is to cover up that it’s really a pretty nasty military dictatorship (with the extrapolation that Blake’s 7 is revolutionary samizdat - hence the lower production values - from the same universe) Therefore it’s quite logical that the characters don’t do anything frivolous as they’re all perfect examples of New Soviet Starfleet Man who have risen above such temptations, though I imagine much of that technology is being used to pacify the 24th century masses.

#shitsiskosays - Charlie’s Diary Nick Barlow

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