Based Camp - Fiction Reveals What the Left Really Wants： Star Trek's Fascist Militarist Oligarchy

00:00:00.000 Hello, Simone. I'm excited to be here with you today. Today, we are going to be doing an analysis of the Star Trek universe, and we will be exploring, because this is something I long thought. When I watched Star Trek stuff, historically, and I've watched a lot of it, I had this feeling in the background which is like, this seems very dystopian and dark to me, but because I could never watch it all or search it all without AI, I thought maybe there's some counter examples against this.

00:00:26.580 I decided to dig very deep today, and I am going to be bringing receipts that the Federation in the Star Trek universe is a militarist, fascist, mostly dictatorship.

00:00:43.700 They have an elected government, but it has virtually no real power. The elected government in the Star Trek world has about as much power as the Queen has in Britain.

00:00:56.700 Wow.

00:00:57.200 Worse, it is a world where they, while they call it post-scarcity, there actually is not a single instance in all of Star Trek canon of a character that is not associated with the Federation military saying that the Federation is a post-scarcity society.

00:01:17.660 So if you're in the military, it feels post-scarcity.

00:01:20.860 Well, not it feels. If it's a military dictatorship, it's like in North Korea, where you ask somebody in the military, is North Korea a prosperous society?

00:01:28.480 And somebody in the military is going to be like, North Korea is the most prosperous society.

00:01:33.320 Everyone has three meals a day and they're happy as a clam.

00:01:36.960 Oh dear.

00:01:37.260 But, and we will go over that this military is not a meritocracy. It's incredibly nepotistic.

00:01:43.220 We will go over instances that show that the military within the Star Trek universe is more nepotistic than literally any military on Earth today, except for some, like, African dictatorships.

00:01:57.940 Like, the degree, just, just to give you an example of what I mean here, we have an instance of a mother assigning a daughter to directly under her command on her ship.

00:02:09.860 We are going to be a decent number of nepo babies in Star Trek. 1.00

00:02:13.440 I thought it was just a problem.

00:02:14.300 Yeah, you have Wesley Crusher who is allowed on the command deck, despite having no formal training.

00:02:20.780 But we love him.

00:02:21.420 But we love him.

00:02:22.300 He can then rush through Starfleet Academy when we know a Ferengi wasn't even allowed to apply without a separate, so it's a systematically racist system as well. 0.90

00:02:34.100 In the latest season of Lower Deck, there was a really chilling episode in which a species had just been given replicators by the Federation, and they were celebrating what they called post-scarcity day, where they were, and I kid you not,

00:02:48.980 having all of their gold and jewels taken by the Federation because they wouldn't, quote-unquote, need them anymore, and the Federation used all of that stuff to, all their currency as well, despite the fact that the Federation does use currency.

00:03:02.060 And so then the Federation takes all this planet's gold and jewels and gives them to another species to fix a problem that they are having with them.

00:03:10.140 And you can say, well, the Federation's original plan was to melt it down or destroy it, and I'm like, if that was the case, then why?

00:03:17.420 Why was the planet forced to give all of this to the Federation?

00:03:21.100 Why not put it in a museum or something?

00:03:23.640 Why did the Federation take all of the planet's valuables?

00:03:27.260 There is no explainable reason unless they were trying to prevent the planet from being able to trade with other species now that the planet was dependent on them for the means of production.

00:03:37.000 And what is really, like, ghoulish about this is we see this planet celebrating like they're going to have free access to the replicators that were given to them, and yet we know the Federation maintains strict control of the replicators, so clearly the Federation has misled them.

00:03:51.040 What this scene has strong vibes of is the Ashen from SG-1, which is this species that comes and offers Earth and other planets the opportunity to have longer lives, to stay young longer, to not get sick. 0.97

00:04:05.460 But what they really do at the same time is sterilize them so that they can replace them and use their planets any way they see fit, which is what the Federation is doing here.

00:04:16.200 By giving them replicators and getting rid of every other way that they can produce things, but by maintaining control of what can be produced and how much of it can be produced on the replicators, they have completely seized the means of production within this planet.

00:04:27.300 And I would remind you, it is not the Federation civilian government that seized the means of production on the planet, it is their military, Starfleet, because it is Starfleet that controls who can use replicators for what and when.

00:04:40.880 Apparently they just didn't tell anyone on this planet that.

00:04:43.600 Do not underestimate what we offer. We can put an end to disease, double the human lifespan, provide the means to cross entire continents in a single step.

00:04:53.820 But we offer Earth membership within the Ashen Confederation.

00:05:04.740 Now, if I'm right, these are newspapers.

00:05:10.720 By the way, Borenth, would you read this aloud for me? I couldn't quite translate it.

00:05:17.860 Of course. Sterility. 0.76

00:05:20.840 We knew what you were planning, Maul, and this just confirms it.

00:05:25.620 Vaccine causes sterility. That was the headline.

00:05:29.360 You wiped out most of the Volium population and turned their entire world into farmland. 1.00

00:05:35.260 Do the same to Earth.

00:05:36.420 And we'll be contrasting it to the Ferengi, who are not racist in this way. 0.66

00:05:43.860 And they'll be like, well, the Ferengi are sexist. 1.00

00:05:45.800 And I'll be like, actually, we'll be challenging that as well.

00:05:48.900 If you actually dig in to what is canon within the world, the Federation is incredibly sexist.

00:05:57.200 You have multiple instances of commanders forcing themselves on subordinates and facing no repercussions, forcing women within their crew to dress in skimpy outfits and women disproportionately only really serving traditionally feminine roles, except in a few instances where they're commanders and they mostly F stuff up.

00:06:18.020 And then, as a cherry on the cake to all of this, and keep in mind, all of this is happening with a genetic underclass.

00:06:23.900 The Federation has a genetic underclass where some people are born essentially illegal citizens.

00:06:28.420 Wait, who?

00:06:29.900 Anyone who has had any genetic alteration done to themselves or their ancestors.

00:06:34.080 Sorry, this may not be obvious to people, but if you give somebody genetic modifications within one generation, those modifications will be inherited by their descendants.

00:06:41.920 So it doesn't just make an underclass of the individual, but anyone who is born to that family, which means that the only real solution to these individuals from the Federation's perspective is to forcibly sterilize them.

00:06:52.540 I'd also note here, and I think it's very telling, that in very progressive coded shows like Star Trek, genetic enhancement and trying to make humans better is seen very negatively.

00:07:03.980 The obsession with genetic purity is really exclusive to progressive movements.

00:07:09.600 Whereas in conservative coded futures, like say Warhammer 40K, it's seen very positively, which I think shows where these two sides actually sit on this.

00:07:19.760 Progressives worship humanity's weakness and stagnation, whereas most conservative groups want humanity to continue to improve.

00:07:27.800 And the Federation has been shown to actively treat these people as second-class citizens and constantly be hunting for them.

00:07:34.440 So they have strict controls of how you can have kids, who can have kids.

00:07:37.320 You can't genetically modify yourself in the Star Trek Federation?

00:07:40.500 No, dreamily.

00:07:40.980 And they hunt down people who are.

00:07:43.040 What?

00:07:43.560 Even if it's not their choice and their parents didn't.

00:07:46.080 No, it is dystopian.

00:07:47.580 But the worst part about all of this is we're also going to get into how this structure is controlled.

00:07:54.120 Specifically, the military regulates replicators.

00:07:58.960 And people can say, well, they need to replicate replicators because of the power use of replicators.

00:08:03.800 But we will be showing, actually, the power use of replicators is largely minimum.

00:08:08.320 So it appears that they are regulating access to replicators purely as a means of creating artificial scarcity to maintain economic control over the masses.

00:08:19.780 I should note that this isn't just speculation.

00:08:21.460 It's basically confirmed in-universe.

00:08:22.920 You can see this within Quark's bar where he has replicators, but he still has to regularly import ingredients.

00:08:29.080 The reason why he would need to import ingredients, which would almost certainly cost more energy to import ingredients to a deep space station than using a local replicator,

00:08:40.060 which is just a simplified transporter transporting something in its memory buff.

00:08:44.180 The only reason you would have that is if access to the replicators was restricted to create artificial scarcity.

00:08:50.940 There is no way the energy economy needs of transporting food to a deep space station are less than just using a replicator.

00:08:58.780 And I note here, if you are a fan and are going to say, well, some people say that replicated food doesn't taste as good as real food in-universe.

00:09:05.820 Yes, some people say that in the same way some people in our universe say that they don't like AI art as much as non-AI art, but when they don't know there's AI art, they like it more.

00:09:15.360 Given that we know how replicators work, that they are just simplified transporters, no one in-universe, if they really genuinely believed that the food that came out of a replicator tasted nothing like real food, would ever, ever use a transporter.

00:09:28.660 And yet we see the very people who make these claims using transporters regularly, because it would mean that whatever was coming out of the transporter wasn't the same as the thing that went into it.

00:09:38.120 And keep in mind, it's not even like they treat the people well.

00:09:41.520 We know from lower decks that while replicators can, for a trivial difference in terms of energy costs, replicate real food, lower status military members are forced to eat nutrition cubes.

00:09:51.820 And they do not gain access to real food until they work their way up within the military hierarchy.

00:09:57.160 That makes sense, because even people at higher ranks talk about using their replicator credits for the week.

00:10:03.900 Yeah, so not a post-care city society and a military dictatorship and very evil, especially when contrasted with like the Ferengi, and we'll also contrast them with the government in Starship Troopers, which is just endlessly more ethical, more gender egalitarian, more everything.

00:10:18.760 Yeah.

00:10:19.320 So let's get started here.

00:10:20.280 When I talk about the military as basically an interplanetary dictatorship, it's important to understand what the military controls in the Star Trek universe.

00:10:30.940 Because when you begin to think about it, you're like, it is weird how rare it is to see anybody who's not in the military was in Star Trek.

00:10:38.600 And that is because within the Federation space, the military controls all exploration.

00:10:45.160 So basically, they control what everyone knows exists and doesn't exist.

00:10:49.540 They control pretty much all negotiations.

00:10:52.920 So in a country like ours, that would be controlled by the political class.

00:10:57.620 You wouldn't send military commanders to handle the negotiation during a war.

00:11:02.520 Not true in the Star Trek universe.

00:11:03.900 They handle all interspecies negotiation treaties, everything like that.

00:11:07.440 Good point.

00:11:08.580 Yeah.

00:11:08.700 They handle all scientific research.

00:11:11.340 It is shown that there are non-military scientific researchers, but they basically contribute nothing.

00:11:15.820 We are aware of almost no major discoveries by them.

00:11:18.460 And when they do have major discoveries, they are often confiscated.

00:11:22.440 Take Data, for example, who is now basically owned by the military.

00:11:26.380 And they even thought about dissecting him to mass replicate him.

00:11:29.320 They are in charge of first contact.

00:11:31.380 A very weird thing to put the military in charge of.

00:11:34.120 But yes, they are in charge of colonization, which they do very aggressively.

00:11:38.800 It's a very expansionistic empire.

00:11:40.780 And they are in charge of law enforcement.

00:11:43.540 And on top of all that, we will later explore that they are also above civilian law and legal system.

00:11:51.620 Whenever it is shown that the military, even within a civilian context, like Kirk, we'll go into it, but it was on a doc, so it was not in a military context, ends up doing something that is illegal.

00:12:02.020 And he is tried by a military and not a civilian court.

00:12:04.800 That, when you're looking for dictatorships, is a very big sign that you're looking at a dictatorship.

00:12:09.360 So, going into that, they also control the most prestigious academic institution in Federation space, Starfleet Academy.

00:12:19.420 And it is an institution that has been shown to be extremely nepotistic for the children of people within the military.

00:12:25.720 We'll go into instances of this.

00:12:27.040 And also incredibly discriminatory to anyone without military connections.

00:12:31.480 We will go into this as well.

00:12:32.860 So, it gives you sort of your status within society, but, you know, you don't get this if you're not doing the right, you're not saying the right shibboleths and you're not born into the right family.

00:12:44.140 In terms of economic control of the military, keep in mind that they control all trade within Federation space, all planet-to-planet trade.

00:12:53.400 That is an amazing amount for a military to control, as well as replicators, which is also really important because that is key to the way that trade works within this universe.

00:13:05.780 They also control most labs, star bases, medical innovations, planetary logistics, etc.

00:13:10.160 And civilian operations rarely operate independently on starships unless they are traitors, criminals, or fringe settlers. 0.71

00:13:17.360 The civil government is incredibly weak.

00:13:19.220 The Federation president is rarely mentioned and has almost no real authority in most episodes.

00:13:24.540 Civilian institutions like the Federation Council are rarely shown making important decisions.

00:13:28.480 Key constitutional decisions are done by military tribunals.

00:13:31.980 We see this in the drumhead and measure of a man.

00:13:35.760 Then you have Section 31, and people will be like, well, Section 31 is framed as bad guys.

00:13:40.280 If you're not familiar with them, they are a shadowy, extrajudicial, starfleet intelligence group.

00:13:44.660 They have no democratic oversight, and they operate with impunity in Federation space, and they try to advance the Federation interests.

00:13:52.260 They have tried to commit genocide before.

00:13:53.760 They have done murders without trial before, etc.

00:13:57.060 And you can be like, well, they're not officially condoned.

00:13:59.680 And I'm like, actually, the official stance of the Starfleet is Section 31 doesn't exist.

00:14:04.000 Now, given the copious evidence they do exist, to say they don't exist means we are covering for them and condone their continued existence.

00:14:13.820 So they have a basically off-the-books group that can go around murder people and advance their interests, even to the point of committing genocide.

00:14:22.860 Wait, what show features this?

00:14:29.300 There are a few different shows.

00:14:31.460 I don't remember all of them, but yeah.

00:14:33.560 Oh, my gosh.

00:14:33.880 I know there's so much.

00:14:35.020 That's the problem, is there's just a lot of material here.

00:14:37.740 I can see why.

00:14:38.800 Yeah, there's so much plausible deniability that like, oh, no, no, no.

00:14:43.420 This must be ethical, because it must be a utopia.

00:14:48.960 I'm just missing something.

00:14:50.080 I actually was under the impression that there wasn't a separate government from the Federation.

00:14:54.900 I thought the Federation was just the entire government.

00:14:57.480 But you're saying there's actually...

00:14:58.240 No, there is a separate, like, puppet government, basically, that has no real power.

00:15:02.180 Okay.

00:15:02.540 Which, by the way, like, strongly contrasts with something like Starship Troopers, where the military and the government are one, and you vote for who runs the military.

00:15:10.480 Exactly.

00:15:10.760 By Marshall.

00:15:11.900 Yes.

00:15:12.100 Which makes a lot more sense.

00:15:14.300 And it breaks a lot of the nepotism things.

00:15:17.180 There's not as much nepotism shown, but we'll get into all that later.

00:15:20.600 Now, you can be like, oh, well, civilian autonomy still exists.

00:15:23.120 You have individuals like Joseph Sisko.

00:15:25.600 The problem with Joseph Sisko is he is related to a high-level military commander.

00:15:30.420 And we know that he operates a restaurant that uses real food, which suggests he doesn't have access to replicator technology.

00:15:38.360 Or real food is a status symbol, but likely replicator technology.

00:15:41.920 We'll get to why in a second.

00:15:43.320 And we know that his access to military command is when he needed a heart operation, I believe it was.

00:15:49.700 He used the military.

00:15:51.580 Yeah, he received treatment for heart problems from Starfleet doctors, which implies that even as somebody who owned a restaurant and was of middle class, he would not have been able to afford this procedure without military connections, which, again, implies you do not have a lot of autonomy outside of this.

00:16:08.700 And we repeatedly see when individuals outside the military are shown.

00:16:12.420 And the way I've always interpreted the Star Trek show is that his military propaganda was in-universe.

00:16:17.020 Because, like, when you see people outside of the military, you see, like, Picard's brother or something, right?

00:16:22.560 But, I mean, let's even take the case of Picard to get an understanding of what we mean by an intergenerational aristocratic class.

00:16:30.280 So, Earth is a post-scarcity world, right?

00:16:33.340 But Picard owns a very large vineyard.

00:16:36.400 And not just a very large vineyard, but it's a very large vineyard that is a family vineyard.

00:16:41.340 So, you don't just have wealth.

00:16:43.300 You have intergenerational wealth.

00:16:45.040 Right.

00:16:45.280 This is, I guess, proof that this is not a communist society, right?

00:16:49.260 I mean, is there land ownership?

00:16:50.980 Yes.

00:16:51.360 Well, I mean, we know there's land ownership because Picard owns a vineyard.

00:16:54.100 Unless it was allotted to him by the military, which we know it wasn't because it was inherited by his family.

00:16:58.460 It's said to be a family vineyard.

00:16:59.640 We know that there is an aristocratic, wealthy, land-owning caste that owns large tracts of land and also ends up with high-level positions within the military at disproportionate rates.

00:17:09.220 Right.

00:17:09.380 Like, there's no other reason that he should have this military position.

00:17:13.040 And this is something we'll see over and over again as we go into the data.

00:17:16.680 By the way, if you're wondering what a system like this is called, Sheldon Wallen would have called it inverted totalitarianism or a statewide – where you have statewide democratic trappings exist, but the real power structure is opaque, unelected, and centralized.

00:17:29.540 Here's Star Trek.

00:17:30.200 Oh, so – because I was thinking this must just be a military dictatorship, but it's basically that, but everyone pretends it's not, right?

00:17:38.960 That's – in other words –

00:17:39.760 Well, they're forced to pretend it's not.

00:17:41.440 How much this disseminates outside the military is unknown, but we'll also go into instances in which people criticize the military and are harshly punished.

00:17:48.440 Okay, so it could be that people don't even realize it?

00:17:52.260 No, my read, as I've said, if it was that people didn't realize it in-universe, we would have civilians saying, I live in a post-scarcity world and I love it.

00:18:02.600 We don't have any civilians saying that in the entire – this is a giant canon in the entire Star Trek canon.

00:18:10.640 Do we encounter many civilians?

00:18:12.600 Yes, you do sometimes encounter civilians.

00:18:15.160 Earth civilians.

00:18:15.720 You wouldn't expect to – like I mentioned with Cisco and stuff like that – you wouldn't expect to be seeing many civilians if it was military propaganda and if the military, from the perspective of the military, only their lives existed, only their lives mattered.

00:18:29.500 And I really like it as, like, telling on progressives.

00:18:32.220 Remember, I go into Starship Troopers as telling on progressives where they think this is an attack on conservatives, but it actually shows a utopia.

00:18:38.360 And, you know, gender egalitarian, no racism, everyone gets along, actual responsibility, not a lot of nepotism.

00:18:45.900 Whereas if you look at their, quote-unquote, utopia, which is Star Trek, which is what it's supposed to be, the progressive utopia, often framed that way, you see what they really want, which is a world where they have total military control and no one else's life matters.

00:18:59.720 That's really what it is.

00:19:01.460 Yeah, and they call the shots on everything.

00:19:02.800 And no one else is allowed to say anything, whether you're a great scientist or anything like that.

00:19:08.380 It is just the military.

00:19:09.740 They have control of who breeds, how they breed, et cetera.

00:19:12.440 Let's go into that right now.

00:19:13.700 The eugenics war in the aftermath.

00:19:14.980 Yeah, this I didn't pick up on at all.

00:19:17.720 That's crazy.

00:19:19.560 So augments like Khan Noonan's seeing led to a devastating war on Earth in the 20th to the 21st century. 0.95

00:19:27.160 The Federation response was a total ban on genetic engineering of humans outside of medical necessity.

00:19:31.460 Now, I'd point out here that I don't actually, like, to me, it is unclear whether this war was justified because we have mostly the Federation's reaccounts of this war to go on.

00:19:45.040 Sure. 0.56

00:19:45.220 But for whatever reason, the first gene-altered humans were basically crazy and megalomaniacal.

00:19:50.760 There is no reason a gene-altered human would be that way if you understand gene-altering because the things you would be altering, like IQ, typically correlate really strongly with pro-sociality.

00:20:01.640 Like, lower IQ is associated with higher degrees of rape.

00:20:04.180 It's associated with higher degrees of—

00:20:05.820 Yeah, so what we would expect is lower crime, lower violence, higher achievement, more helping people.

00:20:11.620 So we know this is the way science actually works.

00:20:14.040 So we're looking at a world where the first gene-altered humans were basically crazy, megalomaniacal individuals who almost took over Earth. 0.97

00:20:23.440 I read false flag operation because there's no reason that should have been the case.

00:20:27.560 That's fair.

00:20:28.560 If you understand science.

00:20:30.240 It's almost as if they were trying to paint anyone who is gene-altered as subhuman.

00:20:35.820 So wait, Khan is one of these people?

00:20:38.320 Yes.

00:20:38.720 Oh, I guess I never contextualized it that way.

00:20:44.000 Oh, so we're team Khan. 0.95

00:20:47.580 Well, not really, because I think Khan was a false flag operation of somebody who was basically gene-altered to be crazy. 0.95

00:20:54.420 And then when you look at how crazy he is, he never could have gained the power that he gained.

00:20:58.320 So it then put in a position of power so that the Federation could crack down on this technology.

00:21:03.300 The Federation response was a total ban on genetic engineering of humans.

00:21:06.000 And what you see, the result of this, in Deep Space Nine, Dr. Julian Bashir had to hide his childhood gene modifications to avoid expulsion from Starfleet.

00:21:16.960 Even when he would have been treated as an underclass, not even allowed in Starfleet.

00:21:20.840 Do we know as viewers what the modifications were for?

00:21:24.440 Yes. In first grade, Julia Bashir showed great difficulty learning and below average height and weight for his age.

00:21:31.320 So I note here, the fact that he was dealt a bad hand of the dice by genetics and was slow and small for his age is a systemic form of unfairness within the Star Trek universe that the Federation works to maintain to maintain their existing power structure.

00:21:49.800 They are maintaining systemic genetic inequality when they have the technology to address it.

00:21:55.840 Shortly before his seventh birthday, his parents, Richard and Amashi Bashar, had him subjugated to genetic engineering.

00:22:02.520 The procedure made him mentally superior to most humans and greatly enhanced his physical abilities.

00:22:06.960 And we can also see from him that he is not evil.

00:22:10.420 He is not. There's no reason that this is bad tech.

00:22:13.100 You see, okay, maybe it made Khan evil back in the day.

00:22:15.620 This guy is just like a generic, decent guy, right?

00:22:19.240 So why is the technology still banned if it was able to help somebody like this?

00:22:23.260 However, because of human genetic engineering had been declared illegal in the United Federation of Planets, except in cases concerning deaths and birth defects.

00:22:31.160 So I'll note here, which is really interesting, is this shows the technology when not implemented under this false flag ideology, even in universe, doesn't make people crazy.

00:22:40.820 Bashir and his parents-

00:22:41.560 Yeah, they do it. They just really, really, really heavily regulate it, in other words.

00:22:45.060 Well, what I'm saying is they do it when they're saying if somebody's going to die otherwise, they will do it.

00:22:51.000 But they do not allow it generically.

00:22:52.940 But Bashar and his parents had to keep this procedure secret throughout most of his adult life.

00:22:57.520 At the age of 15, he learned of what had been done and began using his first name, Julian, reasoning that the modifications had erased his original self from existence.

00:23:06.880 What a crazy thing to believe.

00:23:08.780 Sorry, I say this as a crazy thing to believe because if you're not familiar with genetics,

00:23:12.360 the way your genes express themselves change as you age and throughout your life, it appears that the genetic modifications he had done were fairly modest,

00:23:20.700 to the extent that other people couldn't tell that they had been done to him if they knew him before.

00:23:24.800 So that he had this level of internalized racism against genetically modified individuals that he saw himself as basically not the same human shows the degree to which people who live under the Federation's tyranny are brainwashed into the dehumanization of people with genetic modifications.

00:23:46.620 To save Bashar from losing Starfleet commission and medical license, Richard agrees to plead guilty to illegal genetic engineering and serve two years in prison.

00:23:56.020 So his parents underwent two years in prison for this.

00:23:59.220 And he was essentially being hunted.

00:24:01.800 And he would have been kicked out of school if they had found out something that he had no choice in.

00:24:06.680 This is a world with a genetic underclass, which is shocking to me. 0.98

00:24:12.340 And a genetic underclass with no logic behind it.

00:24:15.540 That is crazy.

00:24:18.780 Wow.

00:24:19.600 Okay.

00:24:20.240 Did they, I mean, sometimes they highlight these things to show that they're bad, right?

00:24:24.480 I mean, was this presented in a critical light or was it presented in a light of, and this is why genetic engineering is evil?

00:24:32.940 Well, no, the, in Star Trek, genetic engineering is always only framed as evil because people who are genetically engineered go crazy.

00:24:40.020 Even though we know this isn't the case.

00:24:41.640 Well, but he was, I mean, clearly this doctor was framed in a sympathetic light.

00:24:45.140 Given everything you can go through.

00:24:46.800 The point is, is that is the reason for the laws.

00:24:50.180 That is the universe's in-universe justification.

00:24:54.140 That is Gene Roddenberry's explanation.

00:24:56.780 He invented the character of Khan.

00:24:58.620 This is not like a later edition or something like that.

00:25:01.200 This is like OG material to the series.

00:25:03.960 This isn't later they effed up the Federation and made them super racist.

00:25:07.620 This is core to who the Federation is in the earliest renditions of this. 0.85

00:25:13.620 And, and the justification is all gene modified humans are evil.

00:25:20.500 Even though we know that's not the case in universe.

00:25:24.160 Wow.

00:25:24.720 Basically, the reason why gene modified humans aren't allowed in is because Starfleet is racist against gene modified humans.

00:25:32.480 Like they believe that they are an intrinsically negative and bad thing.

00:25:36.120 And you could say, well, maybe gene modified humans have some advantage and this could create some unfairness.

00:25:41.240 But the problem is data is allowed in and he has unparalleled memory, strength, and more.

00:25:46.540 Betazoids are allowed in and they can read mine. 0.61

00:25:49.240 Troy is an empath giving her an advantage over other counselors.

00:25:52.600 So it's not an issue that some people are born with abilities that other people don't have.

00:25:57.700 The issue is just racism.

00:26:00.800 All right.

00:26:01.120 To continue.

00:26:02.500 Starfleet as gatekeeper to ambition and purpose.

00:26:05.000 Civilian scientists are marginalized.

00:26:07.200 Almost all major scientific breakthroughs are shown as happening through Starfleet jurisdictions.

00:26:11.400 Civilians or non-Starfleet experts are often portrayed as either rogue or reckless.

00:26:15.940 Scientists in Galaxy's Child or the Pegasus.

00:26:18.420 Or hopelessly outclassed by Starfleet solutions.

00:26:20.800 Then you have the Relic Hunter arc from Lower Decks, which is an independent archaeologist, Petra Arbin arc, reveals that Federation civilians who pursued independent careers in exploration and artifact discovery operate under heavy scrutiny.

00:26:34.700 So they're basically under constant military surveillance and they're portrayed as and thought of within the military as suspicious and possibly criminal.

00:26:42.120 Specifically, you cannot easily rise in status outside of the military in this world.

00:26:45.780 It does not even appear that you can earn wealth outside of the military in this world, which heavily contrasts with Star Trek troopers.

00:26:54.240 We know that Rico's parents are non-citizens, i.e. they never served in the military, and they are extremely wealthy.

00:26:59.880 Just to be clear so I'm not misunderstood here, I'm not saying there are not many counterexamples to this.

00:27:05.580 I am saying there is literally none in all of Star Trek canon.

00:27:10.540 There isn't a single example that shows that you, while living under Federation authority, can earn wealth and power outside of the military.

00:27:18.340 If you want to see people who almost show this, you can look at, like, Joseph Sisko, but his son is a respected captain in the military,

00:27:26.440 which could, under a military dictatorship, get him lots of abilities to skirt the rules.

00:27:31.580 You have Vosch, but Vosch is a criminal and made wealth as a criminal.

00:27:36.900 You have Luoxi Troi, but she's diplomatic aristocracy. 1.00

00:27:40.540 She's Betazoid royalty, not Terran. 0.99

00:27:43.100 Even when you see scientists and engineers, non-military civilians like Lea Brahms or Richard Daystorm are influential,

00:27:49.920 but only through their service to Starfleet-related science.

00:27:53.040 So this is unique to this world that there is likely, because it doesn't make sense how many Starfleet commanders are also wealthy.

00:27:59.480 Look at Picard, unless they have some control of the economic system and they're using it to their advantage.

00:28:05.060 Or there's some sort of aristocratic class that keeps getting these roles.

00:28:09.180 Right.

00:28:09.720 Let's go to nepotism.

00:28:10.660 Now, I already talked about Mariner and Freeman in Lower Decks, where Commander Freeman's own daughter, Ensign Mariner,

00:28:16.180 was assigned to her ship, which you couldn't do in almost any military on Earth today.

00:28:20.200 Even most, like, Banana Republic militaries wouldn't allow you to do that.

00:28:24.240 This is pretty much exclusively something you would only see in a military dictatorship.

00:28:27.680 And then you have Wesley Crusher in TNG.

00:28:30.060 He was the son of Dr. Beverly Crusher.

00:28:32.680 He was allowed on the bridge of a Federation ship without training.

00:28:37.460 To be clear here, Picard is sleeping with Dr. Beverly Crusher, this kid's mom,

00:28:45.180 who also is his subordinate, by the way, just throwing that out there.

00:28:49.680 So in the Star Trek world, how do you ensure a good life for your kid?

00:28:53.220 Well, you got to sleep with your captain.

00:28:54.740 And he was later fast-tracked at the Starfleet Academy, where he's treated like a progeny

00:28:58.960 because of Picard's patronage and mother's position.

00:29:02.020 However, we see Nog, a Ferengi, is not allowed unless he is vouched for by a Federation member, 1.00

00:29:09.340 despite how he does on tests or anything like that.

00:29:12.160 Whereas elite families get fast-tracked due to this hereditary privilege we see.

00:29:16.920 I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn you down.

00:29:20.720 Turn me down?

00:29:22.000 Why? Did I do something wrong?

00:29:24.280 It's not anything you did, Nog. 1.00

00:29:25.720 You're just not Academy material.

00:29:28.700 You couldn't handle the workload or the discipline.

00:29:31.500 That's not true!

00:29:32.580 I'm a hard worker!

00:29:33.820 I proved that to you!

00:29:35.340 It doesn't matter.

00:29:36.880 I don't have time for this, Nog. 1.00

00:29:39.340 Now, whatever little scheme you had, you can forget it.

00:29:42.500 I'm not giving you that letter.

00:29:43.840 It's not a joke or a scheme!

00:29:47.400 I want to join Starfleet!

00:29:49.360 I want it more than anything I've ever wanted in my life!

00:29:54.000 You're a Ferengi. 1.00

00:29:56.220 You also see the military acting quite evilly.

00:29:59.120 So, let's talk about the Cardassian piece.

00:30:03.140 So, in the Federation-Cardassian Treaty,

00:30:05.960 signed in TNG Journeys End and expanded in DS9,

00:30:09.340 they created a demilitarized zone to secure peace.

00:30:11.820 The Federation ceded inhabited Federation colonies to the Cardassian control.

00:30:17.400 Colonists, humans, and Federation citizens were told to either relocate or live under Cardassian rule.

00:30:22.500 Many refused to leave their home and became stateless people with no protection from their government.

00:30:27.380 These were called the Maquis.

00:30:29.520 The Kardashians routinely harassed and abused these colonists,

00:30:33.860 resource denial, arrests, and even killings.

00:30:35.660 The Federation did nothing to help the colonists adapt or leave.

00:30:39.980 And I want to be clear here,

00:30:41.360 it is not shown anywhere in canon that the Federation made an effort to attempt to resettle these colonists

00:30:48.000 or move them to other planets.

00:30:49.600 I mean, so much for post-scarcity Federation world. 0.97

00:30:53.720 In a post-scarcity world, that should have been a trivial thing to do,

00:30:57.180 and yet they just left these colonists to, you know, killing, raids, etc.

00:31:03.520 In response, the civilians formed the Marquis, a military to defend themselves,

00:31:08.460 and then what did the Federation do?

00:31:10.520 They called this group, not in Federation territory, mind you, terrorists,

00:31:14.980 and they attempted to hunt and imprison or kill them.

00:31:18.840 So they abandoned and then punished?

00:31:21.940 The people for attempting to protect themselves from the new government.

00:31:25.060 After, but after abandoning them without helping them out.

00:31:28.300 Exactly.

00:31:30.320 Oh.

00:31:32.360 Surely this was framed in a light of the Federation is in the wrong here, no?

00:31:37.640 No, no, it's even worse than that.

00:31:39.520 We can go into one of the people who this happened to,

00:31:41.820 but one of them is later a recurring character on a show,

00:31:45.160 and he was in this particular revolution.

00:31:47.660 Oh, like one of these citizens who'd been left behind.

00:31:51.000 And he is constantly harassed for this.

00:31:53.200 He has denied promotion for this.

00:31:54.980 He has treated it as very much like you are an underclass

00:31:58.200 because you went against the Federation.

00:31:59.700 Even if you went against the Federation in a potentially just way. 1.00

00:32:03.320 Yeah, we hunt and we kill you. 1.00

00:32:05.020 No disagreement. 0.99

00:32:06.400 Even if you're not in Federation territory,

00:32:08.220 even if you're just trying to defend yourself.

00:32:10.040 The only reason I've contacted you is to ask you to leave us alone.

00:32:14.380 Our quarrel is with the Cardassians, not the Federation.

00:32:17.480 Open your eyes, Captain.

00:32:18.680 Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Marquis?

00:32:20.860 We've never harmed you.

00:32:24.000 And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism.

00:32:27.720 Starships chase us through the Badlands,

00:32:29.580 and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed.

00:32:32.120 Why?

00:32:33.200 Because we've left the Federation,

00:32:35.160 and that's the one thing you can't accept.

00:32:38.260 And keep in mind that this is in spite of the fact

00:32:41.640 that the Federation has Section 31 that they deny exists.

00:32:46.980 Sorry, I should clarify.

00:32:48.100 Through denying that a group that very, very, very obviously exists

00:32:51.560 does not exist,

00:32:53.180 they show that they are covering for this group

00:32:55.260 and their complicity in the group's actions.

00:32:57.600 So they allow potential genocide and extrajudicial killings

00:33:00.860 if it helps them.

00:33:02.840 But when there's a group that is diplomatically inconvenient for them,

00:33:06.280 they attempt to eradicate them in genociding.

00:33:08.880 So again, I'm not pulling in straws here.

00:33:13.180 This is like core Star Trek lore, right?

00:33:17.420 I'm never going to be able to watch Star Trek the same way again.

00:33:20.100 Wondering what Section 38 has attempted to do.

00:33:22.820 They attempted to genocide the founders, the Dominion leaders,

00:33:25.100 using a tailor-made virus.

00:33:26.640 They attempted to manipulate Klingon politics 0.93

00:33:28.820 to preserve Federation hegemony.

00:33:30.880 And they conducted surveillance of Starfleet personnel

00:33:34.100 without any form of oversight.

00:33:36.340 Now, civilians are in the Federation, as we see repeatedly,

00:33:41.480 generally second-class participants in society.

00:33:44.540 If we look at the roles that they serve,

00:33:46.700 they often either serve Starfleet directly,

00:33:49.400 so they're not really civilians.

00:33:50.800 This is like Kiko O'Brien, who's a schoolteacher.

00:33:53.800 They're family members of Starfleet personnel,

00:33:55.800 like Jake Sisko and Cassidy Yates.

00:33:58.180 Or they run bars or shops.

00:34:00.300 This is Cork and Garak.

00:34:01.360 And they are constantly under Federation surveillance.

00:34:03.580 They are constantly being shown as the Federation coming through,

00:34:06.680 doing very aggressive checks, everything like that.

00:34:10.020 So it's not like you have entrepreneurial autonomy

00:34:13.660 within the Federation.

00:34:15.080 If you look at, for example, Cork,

00:34:16.980 he runs the most successful business on the DS9 colony.

00:34:21.240 And he's constantly lectured, regulated,

00:34:23.080 or threatened by Starfleet for, one, running holosuites,

00:34:26.640 which they basically imply as sex tourism.

00:34:28.760 That's fun.

00:34:29.960 Trading in gray and black markets, which is messed up

00:34:32.640 because they have holosuites on Federation vessels.

00:34:34.480 And we know that from episodes

00:34:36.160 that they use them for romance type stuff too.

00:34:38.720 Like there are episodes about that.

00:34:41.160 And I think it's also confirmed in Lower Decks

00:34:43.780 where they're like,

00:34:44.600 Then give her worse jobs. 1.00

00:34:46.260 I've got her emptying out of the Holodex filter.

00:34:51.800 People really use it for that?

00:34:53.540 Oh yeah, it's mostly that.

00:34:55.220 Computer, load Mariner program,

00:34:56.960 all nude Olympic training facility.

00:34:58.740 You might want to back up a bit.

00:34:59.980 Wow, this is a really detailed program.

00:35:08.500 And despite being essential to station morale,

00:35:12.040 Cork is seen as morally suspect,

00:35:13.760 not because he's evil,

00:35:14.880 but because he's not aligned with Starfleet's perception

00:35:17.960 in an attempt to impose a perception

00:35:20.560 that they are a post-economic society, basically.

00:35:24.500 Even though people are buying from Cork

00:35:26.820 because apparently they don't have another way

00:35:28.140 to get this stuff.

00:35:29.140 Like if they could just get what he's selling

00:35:30.500 from replicators,

00:35:31.300 given that we know that he makes some of it

00:35:32.540 from replicators,

00:35:33.280 they would be doing that.

00:35:34.660 So why is replicator access so restricted?

00:35:37.320 That's a fair point.

00:35:38.300 More on that soon.

00:35:39.140 Because I saw one other YouTuber posit

00:35:41.600 that there must be some universal UBI

00:35:45.760 kind of based on energy use

00:35:48.020 that can be applied to replicators.

00:35:49.760 But we can see that...

00:35:52.280 Okay, so I'll just get into this right now.

00:35:54.580 Okay, so we know how replicators work.

00:35:56.680 They are considered a simpler form of teleportation.

00:35:59.800 They use apparently the same technology.

00:36:02.400 We can, from various episodes,

00:36:04.080 begin to sort of calculate the energy needs

00:36:06.240 of teleportation and replicators.

00:36:08.940 We see teleportation is used

00:36:10.920 without regulation almost constantly, right?

00:36:14.880 But presumably it's far more expensive

00:36:16.940 to use than replicators.

00:36:18.500 But more than that,

00:36:20.000 we see warp travel being used very regularly.

00:36:23.100 And we know that warp travel

00:36:24.560 is astronomically more expensive than replicators.

00:36:27.160 Sure.

00:36:27.460 So replicators,

00:36:29.000 which are essentially a trivial expense,

00:36:30.900 are highly regulated in their usage

00:36:32.820 and regulated in ways that shouldn't really matter.

00:36:35.720 Like a nutrition cube

00:36:36.840 shouldn't cost a lot less to replicate

00:36:39.280 than a equally nutritionally dense chicken or something,

00:36:42.740 given that replicators are basically just teleporters.

00:36:45.920 So the question is,

00:36:46.920 is why are some people given

00:36:48.700 artificially bad food within Starfleet?

00:36:51.520 Ooh, that's creepy.

00:36:53.020 Yeah.

00:36:54.260 This is fascinating.

00:36:56.100 I'm freaking out here.

00:36:57.500 Earth is infiltrated by shape-shifting Dominion founders 0.98

00:37:00.100 capable of impersonating anyone.

00:37:01.780 And a Changeling bomb 1.00

00:37:02.860 destroys a Federation facility causing mass panic.

00:37:05.560 Admiral Leighton,

00:37:06.320 a high-ranking Starfleet officer,

00:37:08.020 believes the civilian government is too weak to respond.

00:37:10.500 So what does he do?

00:37:11.480 He stages a military coup.

00:37:13.920 He falsifies evidence of mass Changeling infiltration.

00:37:16.740 He deploys Starfleet security across Earth as martial law.

00:37:19.600 And he attempts to take over Starfleet command

00:37:21.660 and remove the president of the Federation.

00:37:23.800 He's only stopped by Captain Sisko,

00:37:25.720 who uncovered the conspiracy.

00:37:27.320 But what this reveals,

00:37:29.000 very interestingly,

00:37:30.200 is the Federation government is incredibly fragile.

00:37:33.020 They basically have no power to resist this.

00:37:35.360 And the only group that does have power to resist this

00:37:37.180 is an individual within Starfleet itself

00:37:39.400 to maintain the charade of a civilian government.

00:37:41.840 That Starfleet's upper command,

00:37:43.700 and many of them,

00:37:45.080 were willing to overthrow democracy

00:37:47.060 in the name of quote-unquote security

00:37:48.860 was apparently little pushback.

00:37:51.520 That ordinary citizens are thought of

00:37:53.440 and treated like sheep

00:37:54.620 by the higher people within Starfleet.

00:37:57.340 That a single military officer's belief

00:37:59.720 that democracy is insufficient

00:38:00.820 was enough to cause the system to topple. 0.83

00:38:03.520 And these are all things

00:38:06.040 that are within the DNA of Starfleet.

00:38:08.700 To go further,

00:38:09.700 you have TNG, the drumhead.

00:38:11.180 This is season four, episode 21.

00:38:12.820 A Klingon exchange officer

00:38:14.200 is suspected of sabotage aboard Enterprise.

00:38:17.000 Admiral Norris Sarty

00:38:18.080 is a retired,

00:38:19.380 but a legendary Starfleet investigator.

00:38:21.240 She is a Starfleet investigator

00:38:23.060 that has been investigating for Starfleet

00:38:24.620 so long that she has retired.

00:38:27.360 So let's see what tactics

00:38:29.020 she, a well-liked and known Starfleet investigator,

00:38:33.520 ends up using.

00:38:34.580 She quickly escalates the inquiry 0.99

00:38:36.520 into a broad inquisition of traitors and sympathizers.

00:38:39.460 She uses hearsay, ancestry, and ideology as evidence.

00:38:42.760 She targets crew members simply

00:38:43.820 for having a Romulan grandfather.

00:38:45.920 She questions Captain Picard's loyalty

00:38:47.620 due to past Borg assimilation 0.95

00:38:49.120 and his defense of individual rights.

00:38:51.220 Her witch hunts only stop 1.00

00:38:52.460 when Picard turns her tactics against her.

00:38:54.320 But what's important here

00:38:56.040 is she is arresting people

00:38:58.100 because of their ancestry, okay?

00:38:59.580 This is considered normal

00:39:01.680 by somebody who was well-liked

00:39:04.520 by the Federation

00:39:05.700 enough that she retired

00:39:07.900 as a famous investigator.

00:39:09.580 Wow.

00:39:09.840 And these are the tactics that she used. 1.00

00:39:12.780 No one had ever put in a complaint on her record.

00:39:15.400 No one had ever said,

00:39:16.260 oh, you shouldn't be doing this,

00:39:17.600 which shows that Picard is unique

00:39:19.800 in pushing back against this type of stuff.

00:39:21.700 And this sort of dictatorship-style system

00:39:25.340 is normal

00:39:26.680 and this sort of McCarthyist

00:39:28.400 at court tribunals

00:39:29.440 are normal within the Federation.

00:39:32.740 And I actually think

00:39:33.720 this is one of the most damning episodes

00:39:35.540 of the entire Federation

00:39:37.140 in that you can't be like,

00:39:39.180 oh, it's one of the shows

00:39:40.440 that sometimes tried to show

00:39:41.840 the Federation a bad light,

00:39:43.040 like DS9 or Lower Decks.

00:39:45.760 This is like core TNG, right?

00:39:48.740 Like this is Picard, right?

00:39:50.540 And what we see

00:39:52.200 in no uncertain terms

00:39:53.900 is that Picard's ship

00:39:55.940 for all its problems,

00:39:57.820 for him hooking up

00:39:59.120 with his subordinates

00:40:00.140 and the extreme nepotism he shows

00:40:02.640 and being this rich guy

00:40:05.120 who has a vineyard

00:40:06.040 and all the privileges

00:40:06.940 he gives himself

00:40:07.600 through his military status,

00:40:09.040 that he is the best of the best

00:40:12.740 within Starfleet of this era.

00:40:14.440 And that if this happened

00:40:16.120 on any other ship,

00:40:17.480 this would have been rewarded

00:40:18.600 because we know

00:40:19.680 that she rose in status

00:40:20.800 because she had been doing this

00:40:22.340 over and over and over again.

00:40:24.240 And so what we learn

00:40:25.760 is that this woman's tactics 1.00

00:40:28.160 are the norm

00:40:29.740 throughout all of Starfleet

00:40:31.920 with Picard's ship,

00:40:33.460 the ship that we are seeing,

00:40:34.960 being the very best behaved ship,

00:40:37.540 likely speaking,

00:40:38.700 despite all of its problems,

00:40:40.480 which I think shows

00:40:41.340 the true dystopia

00:40:42.900 of the Star Trek Federation.

00:40:44.900 Well, no, this at least

00:40:46.500 shows me that the writers

00:40:48.900 are trying to frame

00:40:50.160 these things as bad

00:40:51.160 because in so many

00:40:53.060 of the Star Trek series,

00:40:54.680 the captains struggle

00:40:57.220 with the conflict

00:40:59.800 between following Federation

00:41:01.180 Right, they could frame it

00:41:01.520 as bad in a lot of ways

00:41:03.300 without making her

00:41:04.060 a retired professional investigator

00:41:07.300 for Starfleet.

00:41:09.080 It's not like she's-

00:41:09.580 Yeah, but one of the big tensions

00:41:10.480 of Star Trek,

00:41:11.380 I mean, starting

00:41:12.120 with the original series,

00:41:14.440 was, you know,

00:41:15.040 Captain Kirk constantly

00:41:16.200 breaking the rules

00:41:17.220 and going against

00:41:18.960 the Federation's wishes, so-

00:41:20.840 I understand,

00:41:21.880 but the point here being

00:41:22.980 is the Federation itself

00:41:25.700 is not-

00:41:26.780 When Kirk goes against it,

00:41:27.880 it's like her to her,

00:41:28.740 I'm against the bureaucracy.

00:41:30.220 It's not like,

00:41:31.220 this is a racist

00:41:32.260 military dictatorship. 0.92

00:41:33.820 I mean, that's the reality.

00:41:35.900 And within Kirk's time,

00:41:37.100 a sexist one as well,

00:41:38.100 which we'll talk more

00:41:38.700 about in a second.

00:41:39.280 Now, earlier I mentioned

00:41:40.660 that members

00:41:41.500 of the military dictatorship,

00:41:43.020 i.e. of the military caste,

00:41:45.100 are outside of civilian law,

00:41:47.160 so let's dig into this

00:41:48.120 more deeply.

00:41:49.420 Court-martialed TOS

00:41:50.780 Season 1, Episode 20,

00:41:52.280 Kirk is tried for negligence

00:41:53.720 after a crewman's

00:41:54.700 apparent death.

00:41:55.860 This trial is a Starfleet tribunal

00:41:58.080 and not a civilian court.

00:41:59.600 Even though the alleged crime

00:42:00.860 occurred while at a Starbase,

00:42:03.460 a Federation facility,

00:42:04.840 there is no indication

00:42:06.040 that the civilian courts

00:42:07.120 have justification

00:42:07.820 over Starfleet officers.

00:42:09.280 That's a huge red flag.

00:42:11.880 Then you have the Menagerie,

00:42:13.260 TOS Season 1,

00:42:14.440 Episodes 11 to 12.

00:42:15.880 Spock commits an act of mutiny

00:42:17.740 by taking over the Enterprise

00:42:18.960 to help his former captain.

00:42:20.760 Again, he's tried exclusively

00:42:22.280 by a Starfleet tribunal

00:42:23.660 with no civilian oversight.

00:42:25.840 Starfleet officers are only ever tried

00:42:27.680 by military courts,

00:42:28.700 even for crimes that might normally

00:42:30.060 fall under civilian jurisdiction,

00:42:31.940 e.g. manslaughter or mutiny.

00:42:34.380 Starfleet, not civilian institution,

00:42:36.140 is the final arbitrage of justice

00:42:38.100 for members of Starfleet.

00:42:41.320 Now, I want to contrast them.

00:42:43.300 Anything you want to say

00:42:44.160 before I go further?

00:42:45.260 I just want to hear more.

00:42:46.660 This is still changing the way

00:42:48.200 I look at Star Trek.

00:42:49.840 So let's contrast Starfleet

00:42:51.420 with the Ferengi, right, 0.71

00:42:52.580 who are often portrayed

00:42:53.620 as the capitalist bad guys,

00:42:55.300 which again, I think,

00:42:56.120 is the communist telling

00:42:58.440 on themselves

00:42:58.960 of how evil their utopia is

00:43:00.860 and how they are unable

00:43:03.480 to portray even their worst enemies.

00:43:05.340 It's really that bad.

00:43:06.920 So the stated ethos,

00:43:09.060 very similar to modern progressives,

00:43:10.780 of Starfleet

00:43:11.500 is for the betterment of all

00:43:12.980 and for the Ferengi alliance,

00:43:14.840 its profit is everything.

00:43:16.460 But if you look at

00:43:16.980 the actual ethos of Starfleet,

00:43:18.640 it's service to a military hierarchy.

00:43:20.620 And if you look at

00:43:21.300 the actual ethos of the Ferengi,

00:43:22.860 it's free market and contract law.

00:43:24.580 If you look at the primary drivers

00:43:26.200 of your role within society,

00:43:28.360 it is only self-actualization

00:43:30.040 with via Starfleet,

00:43:31.060 within Starfleet,

00:43:31.640 you do not appear to have status

00:43:32.780 outside of a military command position.

00:43:34.660 Right.

00:43:35.000 And then wealth accumulation via trade.

00:43:37.260 What's interesting here

00:43:38.540 is the like negatives

00:43:40.500 that happen within society.

00:43:42.280 So let's look at like nepotism.

00:43:43.780 Do elites inherit privilege?

00:43:46.400 In the Federation, yes,

00:43:47.540 we see Wesley Mariner

00:43:48.480 and Jake Picard's aristocracy.

00:43:51.360 In Ferengi society, no, 0.98

00:43:52.640 children must earn profits

00:43:53.760 to gain status.

00:43:54.940 Can low status citizens rise?

00:43:57.180 Theoretically, it was in Starfleet,

00:43:58.620 but it appears to be heavily gatekept.

00:44:00.520 Within Ferengi society, yes, 0.99

00:44:01.800 anyone can become rich

00:44:02.680 if they follow the rule of acquisition.

00:44:04.300 Familial favoritism,

00:44:05.600 ubiquitous and unacknowledged.

00:44:07.420 But within Ferengi,

00:44:08.240 it's explicitly discouraged.

00:44:10.000 Even Quark and Rom 0.90

00:44:11.160 fight for status and competition.

00:44:12.980 And these are two brothers, right?

00:44:14.780 So you do have a degree of like

00:44:16.180 caring about your family,

00:44:17.620 but they fight amongst themselves

00:44:19.840 to earn status within the society.

00:44:23.200 And what's interesting is

00:44:24.160 Ferengi society punishes failure 1.00

00:44:26.180 and rewards competence

00:44:27.180 regardless of background,

00:44:28.700 whereas the Federation

00:44:29.460 pretends it's meritocratic

00:44:30.460 while advancing the children

00:44:31.620 of officers and diplomats

00:44:32.920 through unspoken patronage.

00:44:35.160 Now, let's see the consequences of this.

00:44:37.920 Let's see major wars, okay?

00:44:40.160 Federation, you've got

00:44:41.040 the Earth-Romulan War,

00:44:42.280 you've got the Klingon War,

00:44:43.340 you've got the Cardassian Dominion War,

00:44:45.700 or the Cardassian and Dominion War,

00:44:47.160 and then you've got the Borg.

00:44:48.400 The Ferengi have no major wars 0.68

00:44:49.800 that we're aware of.

00:44:51.020 Attempted genocides.

00:44:52.380 Yes, the Federation,

00:44:53.720 you have Section 31

00:44:54.380 against the Founders.

00:44:55.360 Ferengi, no genocides.

00:44:56.740 And also, by the way,

00:44:57.800 if you are under the misunderstanding

00:44:58.880 that Ferengi are slavers, 1.00

00:45:00.160 they are not.

00:45:00.720 There is no confirmation

00:45:01.620 in anything in Starfleet

00:45:02.740 that Ferengis have ever owned slaves. 1.00

00:45:04.780 And I was asking in AI,

00:45:06.200 but like, would they,

00:45:07.060 given what we know about them,

00:45:07.860 and they're like, probably not.

00:45:08.960 They would see it

00:45:09.360 as economically inefficient.

00:45:11.000 Which is true of slavery 0.94

00:45:12.920 if you look at Earth's military history.

00:45:14.360 Right.

00:45:15.040 Economic history.

00:45:15.760 It hugely hurt the South economy

00:45:17.600 long term.

00:45:18.900 Look, I know the Cardassians

00:45:21.100 can't be trusted.

00:45:24.560 I know the Central Command

00:45:26.060 would like nothing better

00:45:26.960 than to destroy 1.00

00:45:27.760 the Federation colonies

00:45:28.860 in the demilitarized zone.

00:45:30.720 Then you agree

00:45:31.680 with our position?

00:45:32.760 Not for a second.

00:45:34.020 Why not?

00:45:35.040 Because your position

00:45:36.200 is illogical.

00:45:38.460 Do you propose

00:45:39.240 to lecture me on logic?

00:45:40.760 It all comes down

00:45:44.000 to the third rule

00:45:45.080 of acquisition.

00:45:47.220 The third rule

00:45:48.560 clearly states

00:45:49.560 never spend more

00:45:51.400 for an acquisition

00:45:52.260 than you have to.

00:45:54.280 Logical.

00:45:55.200 You want to acquire peace.

00:45:58.440 But how much

00:45:59.480 are you willing to pay for it?

00:46:00.720 Whatever it costs.

00:46:02.580 That's the kind

00:46:03.160 of irresponsible spending

00:46:04.160 that causes so many

00:46:04.920 business ventures to fail.

00:46:05.940 You're forgetting

00:46:06.300 the third rule.

00:46:07.300 Right now,

00:46:08.280 peace could be bought

00:46:09.260 at a bargain price.

00:46:10.760 And you don't even realize it.

00:46:13.360 You forget the weapons

00:46:14.700 they already have.

00:46:17.200 They have weapons.

00:46:18.680 You have weapons.

00:46:19.920 Everyone has weapons.

00:46:21.240 But right now,

00:46:22.140 no one has a clear advantage.

00:46:24.360 So the price of peace

00:46:26.080 is at an all-time low.

00:46:28.760 Don't you get it?

00:46:30.100 Attacking the Cardassians 1.00

00:46:31.180 now will only escalate

00:46:32.620 the conflict

00:46:33.220 and make peace

00:46:34.700 more expensive

00:46:35.880 in the long run.

00:46:38.180 That's another episode.

00:46:39.820 Espionage and regime

00:46:40.740 change.

00:46:41.360 Standard practice

00:46:42.100 for the Federation.

00:46:43.000 We see no instances

00:46:43.900 of the Ferengi doing this. 0.84

00:46:45.300 Military expansion.

00:46:46.480 The Federation does this

00:46:47.320 all the time.

00:46:47.740 Expansion backed

00:46:48.340 by armed vessels.

00:46:49.760 In the Ferengi, 0.97

00:46:50.500 no.

00:46:50.720 We see no colonialism

00:46:52.460 or expansionism.

00:46:54.400 But what I find

00:46:55.560 really fascinating

00:46:56.200 is the treatment

00:46:56.700 of women.

00:46:57.800 In Ferengi culture, 0.92

00:46:59.400 women have no rights, 1.00

00:47:01.080 they can't work,

00:47:01.780 and they're not

00:47:02.280 supposed to wear clothes.

00:47:03.760 I forgot that.

00:47:06.660 Right.

00:47:08.220 Very chauvinistic culture.

00:47:10.040 But what is interesting

00:47:11.660 is that this is admitted

00:47:13.020 within Ferengi culture,

00:47:14.500 and it is something

00:47:15.280 that they are working on.

00:47:17.560 They are?

00:47:18.140 I don't remember

00:47:18.540 there being any effort

00:47:19.240 to change that.

00:47:20.140 Oh, there's a huge

00:47:20.980 plot point in CS9.

00:47:22.500 And the culture

00:47:23.560 is undergoing

00:47:23.960 massive upheaval,

00:47:24.960 and a lot of Ferengi 0.99

00:47:25.640 don't like it.

00:47:26.200 And it's...

00:47:27.260 I love the line, like...

00:47:29.740 This is all Mookie's fault.

00:47:33.820 He's been polluting

00:47:34.480 Jack's mind

00:47:35.140 with notions of

00:47:35.960 equality and compassion.

00:47:38.880 You can't even dump

00:47:39.680 industrial waste anymore

00:47:40.760 because it might harm

00:47:41.700 the natural habitat.

00:47:42.780 I'm supposed to start

00:47:43.360 worrying about animals now.

00:47:45.520 Look how they live.

00:47:46.720 Wallowing in dirt,

00:47:47.920 sleeping in trees.

00:47:48.700 That's not natural.

00:47:50.060 And don't even get me started

00:47:51.020 about this whole

00:47:51.760 labor rights thing.

00:47:53.920 What have we come to

00:47:54.860 if you can't demand

00:47:55.840 sexual favors

00:47:56.620 from the people

00:47:57.200 in your employ?

00:47:58.640 I just happened

00:47:59.040 to have a contract right here.

00:47:59.860 I read a report

00:48:00.340 that over 40% 0.66

00:48:01.440 of the population

00:48:02.200 no longer believes

00:48:03.300 that you have to

00:48:04.140 buy your way

00:48:04.840 into the divine treasury 0.98

00:48:05.880 when you die.

00:48:06.700 You know, like... 0.96

00:48:08.000 Delightful.

00:48:09.200 That's...

00:48:09.600 No, but it's...

00:48:10.380 It's a society

00:48:11.440 that has problems

00:48:12.300 but is working on them.

00:48:13.140 What is interesting

00:48:13.620 about women

00:48:14.280 in the Federation

00:48:14.980 is they are

00:48:16.420 a systemically

00:48:17.040 discriminated underclass,

00:48:18.580 but there is

00:48:19.460 no feminist movement

00:48:20.420 within the Federation

00:48:21.080 or acknowledgement

00:48:22.260 of women's problems 0.99

00:48:23.320 within the Federation,

00:48:24.280 which shows that

00:48:25.100 there is no goal

00:48:26.220 to fix it,

00:48:26.880 unlike within

00:48:27.800 Ferengi culture. 0.99

00:48:29.020 So, while the Federation

00:48:30.840 brags about gender equality,

00:48:32.740 it mostly just uses

00:48:34.400 female characters

00:48:35.380 as caregivers,

00:48:36.720 Dr. Crusher,

00:48:37.560 Kieko,

00:48:38.280 victims,

00:48:38.880 Tori's constant assaults,

00:48:40.260 or sidelines,

00:48:41.160 Tahasha Yar,

00:48:42.000 Ensign Ro,

00:48:42.740 or Kira's late stage arc.

00:48:44.720 Is Tahasha Yar

00:48:45.640 the badass bodyguard

00:48:47.240 who died?

00:48:47.940 I don't remember.

00:48:48.820 Law and justice.

00:48:49.540 Because she was

00:48:50.220 really badass.

00:48:52.440 In what series? 0.95

00:48:53.160 She could kick and punch. 1.00

00:48:54.260 The blonde woman 1.00

00:48:55.240 with the short hair

00:48:56.100 who does die.

00:48:57.760 Yeah!

00:48:58.380 Tahasha Yar!

00:48:59.100 No, she's badass. 1.00

00:49:01.360 That's why I was thinking,

00:49:02.320 like,

00:49:02.720 maybe this isn't true,

00:49:03.660 because I was thinking

00:49:04.180 at first of the empath

00:49:05.220 who I grew up with,

00:49:06.240 like, that was,

00:49:06.820 what was that,

00:49:07.160 the next generation

00:49:07.880 who, like,

00:49:09.060 was way too,

00:49:09.920 like,

00:49:11.420 like,

00:49:12.280 oh, I'm here to talk

00:49:13.360 about how people

00:49:14.040 are feeling.

00:49:14.620 This is pointing out

00:49:15.860 that in her late stage arc,

00:49:17.340 she was sidelined.

00:49:18.760 Right, but,

00:49:19.460 well,

00:49:19.700 and I guess

00:49:20.080 Lieutenant Yar

00:49:20.700 just killed,

00:49:22.380 she just killed off. 0.94

00:49:24.060 I don't know

00:49:24.440 if that's more

00:49:25.160 about the society

00:49:26.360 or if it's about

00:49:27.040 the writers,

00:49:27.720 so.

00:49:28.460 Well, Simone,

00:49:29.560 the writers create

00:49:30.600 the society.

00:49:31.560 Like,

00:49:31.820 in the same way

00:49:32.580 that the writers

00:49:33.800 didn't mean

00:49:34.700 for the world

00:49:35.280 of Starship Troopers

00:49:36.080 to actually be

00:49:37.000 a techno-utopia,

00:49:38.480 they created it

00:49:39.440 by accident.

00:49:40.340 The writers of Star Trek

00:49:41.380 didn't mean

00:49:42.180 to create a sexist,

00:49:43.580 racist, 0.88

00:49:43.940 dystopian,

00:49:45.440 but that is

00:49:46.240 what they created

00:49:47.200 if you actually

00:49:47.960 read the works

00:49:48.860 and read the

00:49:49.260 little mini-skirts.

00:49:51.000 Implications of them,

00:49:51.680 yes.

00:49:52.120 It's like,

00:49:52.540 oh,

00:49:52.720 we created

00:49:53.160 a gender-egalitarian

00:49:54.000 utopia,

00:49:55.040 but then all the women 0.99

00:49:55.920 are in, like,

00:49:56.420 caregiver roles

00:49:57.180 or unimportant,

00:49:58.380 and it's like,

00:49:58.920 wait, wait, wait,

00:49:59.680 wait a second.

00:50:00.320 Why are there

00:50:00.840 so few women commanders? 1.00

00:50:02.200 Why are there so few?

00:50:03.240 Like,

00:50:03.480 if this is actually

00:50:04.300 gender-egalitarian

00:50:05.120 in the way you say it is,

00:50:07.220 why is it structured

00:50:08.260 this way?

00:50:08.920 And the only explanation

00:50:09.940 is that everyone's

00:50:11.220 being forced to lie

00:50:12.320 based on some sort

00:50:13.540 of, like,

00:50:13.860 military dictatorship

00:50:14.680 and not talk about it.

00:50:16.140 To talk about

00:50:17.060 what I mean here,

00:50:17.820 look at the

00:50:18.200 sexualized uniforms,

00:50:19.400 particularly in

00:50:20.200 TOS and TNG.

00:50:22.160 Female officers

00:50:23.000 were forced to wear

00:50:23.880 mini-skirts,

00:50:24.860 sometimes paired

00:50:25.560 with high heels,

00:50:27.300 and they are often

00:50:28.360 referred to by

00:50:29.000 their appearance

00:50:29.760 and not their rank.

00:50:30.840 So while males, 0.95

00:50:31.440 it'll say by rank

00:50:32.300 or whatever,

00:50:32.700 they'll be like,

00:50:33.160 you is the long hair

00:50:34.040 or whatever.

00:50:34.960 In TNG season one,

00:50:36.460 some female crew members 0.95

00:50:37.440 are seen as,

00:50:38.940 in scant uniforms,

00:50:40.260 short dresses

00:50:40.820 with bare legs

00:50:41.620 while men

00:50:42.180 never are.

00:50:43.320 Even in series

00:50:44.160 like Voyager,

00:50:45.080 Seven of Nine

00:50:45.720 is forced to wear

00:50:46.500 a skin-tight

00:50:47.280 catsuit

00:50:48.260 with visible seams

00:50:50.080 outlining her 0.93

00:50:51.380 breasts and genitals. 0.99

00:50:53.200 So, like, 0.98

00:50:54.220 but this isn't

00:50:54.840 Starfully,

00:50:55.300 but again,

00:50:55.640 this is, like,

00:50:56.180 what we're seeing

00:50:57.000 within the show,

00:50:58.020 which shows

00:50:58.900 the sexism

00:50:59.680 of the writers.

00:51:02.340 This demonstrates

00:51:03.340 an underlying...

00:51:03.460 And market dynamics,

00:51:04.520 be market dynamics,

00:51:05.780 you know,

00:51:06.260 I mean,

00:51:06.560 it's a TV show,

00:51:07.820 but...

00:51:08.220 It demonstrates

00:51:09.080 an underlying

00:51:09.680 cultural expectation

00:51:10.680 that women in Starfleet

00:51:11.780 present as physically appealing.

00:51:14.080 Well, you can say that,

00:51:15.200 but, like,

00:51:15.560 we know from Conan

00:51:16.280 that, like,

00:51:16.980 physically appealing men

00:51:18.200 are also sell well,

00:51:20.020 but Starfleet

00:51:20.720 doesn't have those,

00:51:22.260 so...

00:51:22.760 It's true.

00:51:23.660 You can't say

00:51:24.400 it's market dynamics.

00:51:26.080 And then,

00:51:26.420 let's talk about

00:51:26.980 power dynamics

00:51:27.520 and harassment

00:51:27.960 by commanding officers.

00:51:28.940 In TNG,

00:51:29.600 The Naked Now,

00:51:30.720 Dada and Sharyar 1.00

00:51:31.940 have sex 0.99

00:51:32.840 while under the influence

00:51:33.860 of mind-altering substance,

00:51:35.220 a clear violation

00:51:36.260 of consent norms

00:51:37.060 brushed off

00:51:37.860 without consequence.

00:51:38.980 Kirk routinely engages

00:51:40.320 in flirtation and seduction

00:51:41.320 with female officers, 0.95

00:51:42.620 subordinates,

00:51:43.480 and alien women 1.00

00:51:44.400 never facing

00:51:45.520 disciplinary action.

00:51:46.420 In fact,

00:51:46.660 that's never even

00:51:47.420 brought up

00:51:48.600 despite being grossly

00:51:49.920 illegal

00:51:50.720 was in any existence.

00:51:51.600 What about his second-in-command

00:51:52.240 with the guy with the,

00:51:53.100 like,

00:51:54.060 goatee and the dark hair?

00:51:55.560 He's the one

00:51:55.980 who slept around more.

00:51:56.720 He was the manslaughter.

00:51:58.020 So,

00:51:58.480 you're thinking Riker.

00:51:59.660 Riker.

00:52:00.360 Riker's tone

00:52:00.560 is hitting on women 0.93

00:52:01.380 across ranks

00:52:02.220 and alien species

00:52:03.180 while technically

00:52:04.340 being in command over them.

00:52:05.820 Yeah.

00:52:06.220 Yeah.

00:52:06.780 Yeah.

00:52:07.160 No,

00:52:07.600 he, like,

00:52:08.000 really abused his position.

00:52:08.800 He would be in jail

00:52:09.960 in the U.S. military,

00:52:10.820 right?

00:52:10.980 He really,

00:52:11.380 he would be cancelled

00:52:12.020 so hard,

00:52:12.940 so hard.

00:52:13.400 Not cancelled.

00:52:14.220 What they're doing

00:52:15.060 is illegal.

00:52:16.900 They are forcing

00:52:18.080 their subordinates

00:52:19.100 to deal

00:52:19.960 with their

00:52:20.460 very aggressive

00:52:21.340 sexual advances.

00:52:22.860 Like,

00:52:23.420 this is not okay.

00:52:25.480 Broadly speaking,

00:52:26.480 this is a military

00:52:27.640 dictatorship

00:52:28.180 even within

00:52:29.120 current earth

00:52:30.480 structures

00:52:31.500 of government.

00:52:32.340 Like,

00:52:32.500 you would not be

00:52:33.220 allowed to,

00:52:33.660 again,

00:52:33.920 act this way

00:52:34.340 in most developing

00:52:35.140 countries' 0.73

00:52:35.620 militaries.

00:52:36.560 Speaking of the type

00:52:37.580 of unprofessionalism

00:52:38.740 we would only expect

00:52:39.880 from a military oligarchy,

00:52:42.820 can we talk for a second

00:52:43.920 about how most of the ships

00:52:45.220 in the Federation

00:52:45.900 have fully stocked

00:52:47.280 bars within them?

00:52:48.740 These are military ships.

00:52:50.540 That is not normal.

00:52:52.340 That is the type of thing

00:52:53.500 you would only expect

00:52:55.000 from the type of military,

00:52:57.240 where the,

00:52:57.600 I guess the military

00:52:58.400 also runs the government

00:52:59.680 and where the commanders

00:53:00.700 are just like,

00:53:01.300 well,

00:53:01.440 I just need

00:53:02.200 to go to a bar

00:53:03.340 during the day,

00:53:04.400 during a work day,

00:53:05.860 which they do regularly.

00:53:08.260 Many women

00:53:08.740 in the Federation,

00:53:09.580 okay,

00:53:09.820 we already talked about this,

00:53:10.720 not having,

00:53:11.300 like,

00:53:11.560 real roles,

00:53:12.120 like,

00:53:12.280 they're doctors,

00:53:13.100 Crusher,

00:53:13.620 Picard,

00:53:14.120 but sorry,

00:53:14.540 it's Norris.

00:53:14.980 I mean,

00:53:15.240 Dr. Crusher was great.

00:53:17.780 Caregivers

00:53:18.220 or emotional supports

00:53:19.520 like Tori,

00:53:20.120 Kesser,

00:53:20.540 Ezra.

00:53:21.500 Combat,

00:53:22.020 engineering,

00:53:22.480 and command

00:53:22.920 are far more frequently

00:53:23.800 occupied by men.

00:53:25.180 That's true.

00:53:25.820 That is true.

00:53:26.240 I mean,

00:53:26.380 like,

00:53:26.640 I keep trying to defend

00:53:28.140 with just Dr. Crusher

00:53:29.360 and Tashi Yarr,

00:53:30.600 but at the same time,

00:53:31.300 when I think about

00:53:31.900 Starship Troopers.

00:53:32.320 She's a caregiver.

00:53:34.220 Starship Troopers

00:53:35.020 and, like,

00:53:35.460 the women, 0.96

00:53:36.000 and, like,

00:53:36.320 there,

00:53:36.580 there's just no distinction.

00:53:37.780 It's just wherever

00:53:38.340 your merit goes,

00:53:39.300 that's where you're gonna be.

00:53:40.600 You specifically requested

00:53:41.740 transfer from Fort Cronkite

00:53:43.220 to this training unit?

00:53:44.400 Sir,

00:53:44.700 I heard it was the best, sir.

00:53:46.100 It is the best.

00:53:49.060 But what makes you

00:53:50.380 think you're good enough?

00:53:58.140 Now that's the kind of gal

00:54:00.040 who makes squad leader.

00:54:01.700 Yeah,

00:54:02.080 women are in the military

00:54:02.860 at the same rate as men.

00:54:04.220 Women shower with men. 1.00

00:54:06.120 Women have, 1.00

00:54:07.000 there's no distinction

00:54:08.300 between them

00:54:08.880 in Starship Troopers.

00:54:09.900 Yeah, yeah.

00:54:10.280 And what's interesting

00:54:11.260 as well is

00:54:12.160 while there is

00:54:12.960 an instance

00:54:13.640 where somebody uses

00:54:14.940 his, like,

00:54:15.920 dates as subordinate,

00:54:17.380 he explicitly

00:54:18.720 walks around it.

00:54:20.100 So,

00:54:20.640 if you remember

00:54:21.440 the,

00:54:22.280 the female character

00:54:24.040 who is dating Rico

00:54:25.000 at the beginning

00:54:25.700 and then ends up

00:54:27.060 dating the guy

00:54:28.240 in the Starfleet,

00:54:29.640 their version of Starfleet,

00:54:30.840 the fleet,

00:54:32.220 it's called.

00:54:32.940 When he's training her,

00:54:34.740 he flirts with her

00:54:35.780 and he mentions,

00:54:37.320 like, you know,

00:54:38.240 flirting with a senior commander,

00:54:39.740 like, that's a,

00:54:40.840 you know,

00:54:41.080 something you're gonna need

00:54:41.900 to get approval for.

00:54:43.180 So, it's applied

00:54:44.200 that, like,

00:54:44.800 you're allowed to do it,

00:54:45.840 but it's something

00:54:46.340 that is to some degree

00:54:47.500 monitored

00:54:48.080 and,

00:54:49.020 and that he sees as,

00:54:51.200 like, it's clear

00:54:52.040 that he's a little

00:54:52.700 uncomfortable with it

00:54:53.700 at first.

00:54:54.260 So, it is allowed,

00:54:56.120 but it has to happen

00:54:56.980 through sanctioned roles.

00:54:58.120 This is not true

00:54:59.020 within Starfleet.

00:55:00.040 But what is more important

00:55:01.160 than all of this

00:55:01.740 is despite the sexism

00:55:03.440 that is at the heart

00:55:04.600 of Star Trek's world,

00:55:07.340 there is no feminist movement

00:55:08.620 shown in Federation society.

00:55:10.020 There doesn't even seem

00:55:10.940 to be tolerance

00:55:11.600 for a feminist movement.

00:55:14.000 There is no structural reforms,

00:55:17.080 there is no acknowledgement

00:55:18.380 of power imbalance

00:55:19.420 or ever an acknowledgement

00:55:20.960 of sexual misconduct,

00:55:22.080 as far as I'm aware,

00:55:22.760 and, and there are

00:55:24.000 no cultural institutions

00:55:25.020 to address this.

00:55:25.940 There doesn't even appear

00:55:26.620 to be somebody

00:55:27.020 you can bring to,

00:55:27.700 hey, Riker's been

00:55:28.860 really flirty

00:55:29.560 with that subordinate

00:55:30.720 that does not appear okay.

00:55:32.860 Now, contrast,

00:55:33.800 this was the Ferengi,

00:55:35.180 who, while they have

00:55:36.200 open sexism,

00:55:37.100 there is a clear

00:55:37.900 feminist resistance

00:55:38.740 and they show legal

00:55:40.720 and cultural structural

00:55:41.700 change over time.

00:55:43.520 But now,

00:55:44.460 I want to talk about

00:55:45.280 the replicator thing

00:55:46.680 because this really got me.

00:55:49.020 Okay.

00:55:49.220 Okay, so Starfleet

00:55:50.960 gets guaranteed access

00:55:52.140 to replicators,

00:55:53.200 quarters, medical care,

00:55:54.780 travel, and holodeck

00:55:56.480 if you're a senior person.

00:55:59.080 A replicator use

00:55:59.860 is frequently described

00:56:00.740 as being rationed

00:56:01.640 or restricted

00:56:02.160 on ships and colonies.

00:56:04.000 So this,

00:56:05.060 some form of internal currency

00:56:06.720 or point system exists,

00:56:07.900 not public,

00:56:08.600 for using the replicators.

00:56:10.080 Access is centralized

00:56:10.980 and controlled,

00:56:11.780 not truly post-scarcity,

00:56:13.220 and civilians likely

00:56:14.420 do not have replicator access.

00:56:16.400 Canon examples.

00:56:17.440 DS9 during the Dominion War,

00:56:19.680 replicator use

00:56:20.320 is rationed.

00:56:21.100 Voyager energy

00:56:21.860 for replicators

00:56:22.600 is limited

00:56:23.160 and prioritized by command.

00:56:24.980 Lower decks suggest

00:56:25.980 that even junior officers

00:56:27.020 and Starfleet

00:56:27.800 have less access to perks

00:56:29.140 than command level officers.

00:56:31.180 Federation credits,

00:56:32.220 a shadow economy.

00:56:33.640 Canon references

00:56:34.280 to Federation credits

00:56:35.220 include buying passage,

00:56:36.880 encounter at Fairpoint,

00:56:37.940 gambling,

00:56:38.520 the Royale,

00:56:39.400 and dealings

00:56:39.860 with outside cultures.

00:56:41.080 Quark accepts them.

00:56:42.260 Yet,

00:56:42.620 they are never shown in use

00:56:43.820 by ordinary Federation civilians

00:56:45.520 on Earth.

00:56:46.220 This suggests,

00:56:47.760 like,

00:56:48.020 civilians never talk 0.99

00:56:48.660 about earning credits.

00:56:49.900 Only third flight personnel

00:56:51.060 get to use them,

00:56:51.780 which suggests

00:56:52.320 some sort of,

00:56:52.900 like,

00:56:53.760 separate economy

00:56:54.800 that is unique

00:56:55.680 to this military cast

00:56:57.820 of individuals

00:56:58.420 within Earth.

00:56:59.300 Well, yeah,

00:56:59.820 one person was positing

00:57:01.700 that Federation credits

00:57:03.240 must be used

00:57:03.960 for, like,

00:57:05.720 really big purchases,

00:57:07.360 like,

00:57:07.940 ship building

00:57:09.260 has been described

00:57:10.140 in Federation credits terms,

00:57:12.140 and then with trade

00:57:13.080 with other species,

00:57:14.540 but not something

00:57:15.960 used internally

00:57:16.920 within the Federation,

00:57:17.980 but people were instead

00:57:19.060 given rations,

00:57:20.000 like,

00:57:20.200 energy-associated rations

00:57:22.200 that were most likely

00:57:23.260 seen to be associated

00:57:24.860 with replicator use,

00:57:26.140 but you're finding

00:57:26.780 no evidence

00:57:27.540 that civilians have accessed.

00:57:28.580 No, I'm seeing instead

00:57:29.920 some individuals

00:57:31.240 appear to have

00:57:32.060 Federation credits

00:57:32.720 to their name,

00:57:34.060 which implies

00:57:36.420 that Federation credits

00:57:37.660 are something

00:57:39.320 that Federation officers grift.

00:57:40.760 Now,

00:57:41.020 if it's not something

00:57:41.560 that you're supposed

00:57:42.020 to have as an individual,

00:57:43.880 somehow they end up

00:57:44.900 gaining access to them,

00:57:45.940 which, again,

00:57:46.480 implies a corrupted system.

00:57:48.320 Yeah,

00:57:48.500 that's a little suspicious.

00:57:50.440 And it's also interesting

00:57:51.200 that they wouldn't use

00:57:52.140 gold-pressed latinum.

00:57:53.260 By the way,

00:57:53.720 if you're wondering

00:57:54.120 why latinum is often used

00:57:55.180 in the Star Trek universe,

00:57:57.240 it is because

00:57:57.800 it cannot be made

00:57:58.580 by replicators,

00:57:59.540 which, again,

00:58:00.000 implies that replicators

00:58:00.820 are not that hard to use

00:58:02.900 if it completely

00:58:04.220 destabilizes the economy

00:58:05.740 of all other things.

00:58:07.060 Sure.

00:58:07.360 So Federation seems 0.78

00:58:09.480 to run on a dual economy,

00:58:10.560 resource allocation internally,

00:58:11.860 rations,

00:58:12.300 replicator access,

00:58:13.400 credits for external use

00:58:14.400 and limited perks.

00:58:15.600 This resembles

00:58:16.440 a command economy

00:58:17.200 layered on top

00:58:17.840 of a military benefit structure,

00:58:19.320 not a free market

00:58:20.240 or UBI model,

00:58:21.380 as some people

00:58:22.080 attempt to argue

00:58:23.440 they have.

00:58:24.800 Another really interesting

00:58:25.760 point here

00:58:26.180 before we get to

00:58:26.840 more on the way

00:58:28.360 the replicators work,

00:58:29.480 there is apparently

00:58:30.460 a lack of a civilian media,

00:58:32.260 press,

00:58:32.640 or dissent.

00:58:33.220 There's almost no mention

00:58:34.460 of independent journalism

00:58:35.360 or critical public media.

00:58:37.400 Jake Sisko tries

00:58:38.360 to become a war reporter

00:58:39.280 and is pressured

00:58:39.960 to self-censor

00:58:40.640 by the Federation military.

00:58:42.400 The Federation

00:58:43.060 has no visible elections,

00:58:45.100 civil forums,

00:58:45.820 or debates about policy

00:58:47.100 in most series.

00:58:48.740 Voyager,

00:58:49.420 no oversight

00:58:50.100 of Janeway's command

00:58:51.020 despite life or death stakes

00:58:52.480 for an entire mixed crew.

00:58:54.880 Colonization

00:58:55.480 equals Federation expansionism.

00:58:57.580 The Federation claims

00:58:58.540 to respect

00:58:59.660 non-interference

00:59:00.340 prime directive,

00:59:00.860 but it settles

00:59:01.960 new worlds

00:59:02.720 with abandon,

00:59:03.820 brings in new species

00:59:04.940 and absorbs them

00:59:05.660 into its economic

00:59:06.280 and legal framework

00:59:07.100 and refuses

00:59:07.920 to let members leave

00:59:09.040 without major

00:59:09.880 political crises,

00:59:10.780 e.g.

00:59:11.200 based towards negotiations

00:59:12.200 in the Marquise territories.

00:59:13.540 Oh, I mean.

00:59:14.160 So it's like,

00:59:15.680 we,

00:59:16.280 very urban monoculture,

00:59:17.180 it tries to bring people in,

00:59:18.900 but you can't leave

00:59:19.820 and you need to follow

00:59:20.580 their cultural norms

00:59:21.540 once you're in.

00:59:22.260 Diversity victims, 0.87

00:59:23.320 like you say.

00:59:24.040 Yeah, wow.

00:59:26.080 Wow.

00:59:27.080 Now,

00:59:27.660 an interesting thing is as well

00:59:28.940 is this isn't even

00:59:29.660 a particularly,

00:59:30.640 like,

00:59:32.000 beneficial,

00:59:33.140 or what I'm saying,

00:59:33.780 benevolent system

00:59:34.460 to live in.

00:59:35.040 So you can look at

00:59:36.100 Regional Barclay,

00:59:37.020 who's in TNG

00:59:37.680 and Voyager.

00:59:38.820 He's a non-neurotypical officer.

00:59:41.140 What does that mean?

00:59:41.640 You mean he's autistic?

00:59:43.240 Yeah,

00:59:43.420 he's coded as neurodivergent,

00:59:44.580 so social anxiety,

00:59:45.640 speech hesitancy,

00:59:46.540 avoiding coping mechanisms,

00:59:48.120 and obsessive behavior,

00:59:49.360 holodeck addiction.

00:59:50.700 How he's treated-

00:59:51.180 How it's holodeck addiction.

00:59:53.640 He's named Broccolini

00:59:55.220 by Riker and La Forge,

00:59:57.860 condoning it.

00:59:58.940 And note here

00:59:59.500 that Riker is the one

01:00:00.460 who constantly sexually harasses people

01:00:01.960 and yet has a position of power.

01:00:03.320 His competence is doubted

01:00:06.040 despite clear technical genius.

01:00:07.480 He saves the ship multiple times.

01:00:09.520 He is pressured to normalize

01:00:11.280 his behavior

01:00:11.760 to fit in with the crew.

01:00:13.060 He's constantly under

01:00:14.220 informal surveillance

01:00:15.060 by his peers and superiors.

01:00:16.660 When he's later involved

01:00:18.180 with the Pathfinder project

01:00:19.300 in Voyager,

01:00:20.120 his mental health struggles

01:00:21.080 are used as a reason

01:00:22.100 to distrust him

01:00:23.120 even when he's right.

01:00:26.160 Now,

01:00:26.540 let's talk about

01:00:27.220 how racist the system is.

01:00:29.440 So we'll talk about

01:00:30.120 Nog from DS9,

01:00:31.380 who is a Ferengi.

01:00:32.580 He is not allowed to apply 0.83

01:00:33.780 to the Starfleet Academy,

01:00:34.760 which, remember,

01:00:35.180 is a key access point

01:00:37.640 to this military command structure,

01:00:39.460 which I think shows

01:00:40.000 is not a meritocracy at all.

01:00:41.600 Yeah.

01:00:41.880 He must be sponsored

01:00:42.900 by a Starfleet command officer,

01:00:44.440 Sisko.

01:00:45.160 Sisko initially refuses,

01:00:47.000 assuming Nog is making a joke. 0.69

01:00:49.040 He must go through

01:00:49.680 multiple tests of character

01:00:50.700 to be proven as worthy.

01:00:52.040 Once he admitted

01:00:52.760 he's treated with suspicion

01:00:54.520 by some

01:00:55.640 and must overperform

01:00:56.760 to earn respect,

01:00:58.000 he faces severe trauma

01:00:59.280 in the siege of AR-558

01:01:01.280 and loses a leg,

01:01:02.440 which becomes

01:01:02.860 a major character arc

01:01:04.240 improving his loyalty.

01:01:05.840 The problem is

01:01:06.500 is that we know

01:01:07.140 that you have, like,

01:01:07.880 Wellesley Crusher

01:01:08.640 who just gets in

01:01:09.960 based on nothing

01:01:10.860 and gets fast-tracked

01:01:12.540 because he's-

01:01:13.180 He's a whiz kid, Malcolm.

01:01:14.880 Give him a break.

01:01:16.620 Because his parents

01:01:17.500 are in the Federation.

01:01:19.380 But, you know,

01:01:20.200 you constantly see this.

01:01:21.240 Now, if we're going to

01:01:22.580 contrast this

01:01:23.320 with the Starship Troopers,

01:01:25.680 in the Star Trek Federation,

01:01:27.780 voting rights,

01:01:28.720 universal,

01:01:29.360 but the civic institutions

01:01:30.160 seem to have no power,

01:01:31.300 limited to veterans.

01:01:32.260 And this is important,

01:01:32.860 by the way.

01:01:33.100 Active member,

01:01:34.300 military members

01:01:34.900 cannot vote

01:01:35.580 in Starship Troopers.

01:01:36.780 You have to-

01:01:37.320 Yeah, you have to finish

01:01:38.200 your military service

01:01:38.980 to get the right to vote

01:01:39.780 and to have kids.

01:01:40.940 And this is also

01:01:41.620 never said within the show,

01:01:42.940 but being a civilian

01:01:44.440 and getting the right to vote

01:01:45.660 does not actually mean

01:01:46.580 joining the military.

01:01:47.320 If you're a pacifist,

01:01:47.960 you can do it as well

01:01:48.680 if you're severely injured 0.97

01:01:49.620 or severely retarded. 0.97

01:01:51.060 You can still do it. 0.85

01:01:52.200 Rico's parents were really

01:01:53.380 against his military service,

01:01:55.100 like the kind of

01:01:55.780 main protagonist.

01:01:56.900 And yet,

01:01:57.540 and he was kind of rich

01:01:58.900 and could have been

01:01:59.540 a private citizen

01:02:00.580 Nepo baby in that world. 1.00

01:02:02.260 However,

01:02:03.420 does that mean

01:02:03.820 one of his parents

01:02:04.800 had to have served

01:02:05.700 or both to have been able

01:02:06.900 to have him as a kid?

01:02:08.720 No, you do not need,

01:02:10.420 it's actually said

01:02:10.940 very explicitly

01:02:11.600 within the show,

01:02:12.300 you do not need

01:02:13.440 military service

01:02:14.120 to have a license

01:02:14.980 to have a kid.

01:02:15.720 It makes it easier

01:02:16.940 to do the application.

01:02:18.480 That's what he said.

01:02:19.400 You're more likely,

01:02:20.260 you bypass a lottery,

01:02:22.500 perhaps?

01:02:23.540 No,

01:02:24.000 it's likely

01:02:24.760 that you otherwise

01:02:25.600 need to prove competence

01:02:26.640 or utility,

01:02:27.580 which is why Rico's parents

01:02:28.500 were able to have kids

01:02:29.140 because they were

01:02:29.640 too successful.

01:02:30.720 Okay.

01:02:31.200 I.e.,

01:02:31.540 it's a sane society.

01:02:32.900 Sorry,

01:02:33.240 I don't want to be...

01:02:33.920 Right,

01:02:34.200 well,

01:02:34.540 yeah,

01:02:34.780 I mean,

01:02:34.980 they're producing

01:02:35.680 not net drains

01:02:37.280 on social services,

01:02:38.460 but rather children

01:02:39.200 who are likely

01:02:39.760 to be high taxpayers,

01:02:40.840 and Rico,

01:02:41.600 being an Epobaby

01:02:42.360 private citizen,

01:02:43.200 would have been

01:02:43.620 a high taxpayer.

01:02:45.000 Exactly.

01:02:45.680 Okay.

01:02:46.660 Military control,

01:02:47.840 de facto control

01:02:48.660 by Starfleet.

01:02:50.180 The military

01:02:50.620 does not have

01:02:51.220 direct control

01:02:51.760 over civilians

01:02:52.300 in Starship Troopers,

01:02:53.460 and actually,

01:02:53.920 civilians are critical

01:02:55.160 of the military

01:02:55.740 and media.

01:02:57.060 You do see media

01:02:58.020 propaganda was in it,

01:02:59.020 but you see a lot

01:02:59.560 of citizens

01:03:00.440 who are critical

01:03:01.220 of the military

01:03:02.120 in the Starship Troopers

01:03:03.020 universe,

01:03:03.580 which suggests

01:03:04.820 a critical

01:03:05.640 independent media

01:03:06.640 which you do not have

01:03:08.400 in the Starship Troopers

01:03:09.040 universe.

01:03:09.900 Political participation...

01:03:11.220 You mean,

01:03:11.240 which you do not have

01:03:12.100 in the Star Trek universe.

01:03:13.280 Star Trek universe.

01:03:14.280 Almost zero

01:03:14.760 political participation,

01:03:16.020 whereas in Starship Troopers,

01:03:17.080 you have a clear

01:03:17.560 civil contract,

01:03:18.300 service equals voice.

01:03:19.660 And remember,

01:03:20.140 service does not have

01:03:20.960 to be military service.

01:03:22.080 That is implied

01:03:22.880 in the movie,

01:03:23.580 but it's never said

01:03:24.260 in the movie,

01:03:24.740 so I'm going to default

01:03:25.420 to book rules,

01:03:26.380 which is if you

01:03:28.140 are a pacifist

01:03:29.940 or you have

01:03:30.480 some major injury

01:03:31.140 or you have

01:03:31.480 some major retardation, 0.99

01:03:32.340 they give you

01:03:32.680 civil work.

01:03:33.820 So no,

01:03:34.860 you don't have

01:03:35.400 to be in the military.

01:03:36.240 It just means

01:03:36.700 you have to make a sense.

01:03:37.240 Also,

01:03:37.760 coming from a family

01:03:38.560 of wealth

01:03:39.020 doesn't mean

01:03:39.940 that you get

01:03:40.700 promoted to some

01:03:42.620 high or cush

01:03:43.500 position because

01:03:44.340 Rico,

01:03:44.820 again,

01:03:45.220 the rich Nepo baby 0.99

01:03:46.180 gets put

01:03:46.840 on like the front lines

01:03:48.760 of ground troops.

01:03:51.080 Yeah.

01:03:51.780 Other students

01:03:52.560 who clearly

01:03:53.160 weren't as wealthy

01:03:54.100 got...

01:03:55.780 High level of the position

01:03:56.680 because they're competent.

01:03:57.700 Yeah.

01:03:58.020 Also consider how

01:03:58.740 dissent and protest

01:03:59.360 are treated

01:03:59.720 in the two universes.

01:04:01.000 In Star Trek Federation,

01:04:02.140 if you look at

01:04:02.540 like the Marquis,

01:04:03.300 you are actively

01:04:04.080 hunted and murdered

01:04:05.000 for dissenting.

01:04:05.720 The guy in the wheelchair

01:04:07.040 who gets hanged.

01:04:09.040 That is because

01:04:10.480 he was an anti-war

01:04:12.300 terrorist.

01:04:13.820 Oh, 0.83

01:04:13.940 right.

01:04:14.420 No,

01:04:14.600 he committed

01:04:15.160 acts of terror,

01:04:16.360 right?

01:04:17.080 Yeah,

01:04:17.480 through protesting

01:04:19.060 the war,

01:04:19.840 which is an act

01:04:20.700 of terror.

01:04:21.700 It's a war 0.84

01:04:22.320 to save our species,

01:04:23.920 first of all.

01:04:24.880 Come on,

01:04:25.180 you've got to be,

01:04:25.940 you've got to have

01:04:26.860 a degree of patriotism

01:04:28.480 for the planet,

01:04:29.600 Simone.

01:04:30.460 You know,

01:04:30.740 bowing to a rising

01:04:31.780 popularity all across

01:04:32.960 the Federation,

01:04:33.720 Sky Marshal Fid declares

01:04:35.080 that while religion

01:04:35.960 is acceptable,

01:04:37.360 peace is not.

01:04:39.520 But,

01:04:40.060 even when leftists

01:04:41.140 are trying to paint

01:04:41.860 them as evil,

01:04:42.980 I looked at this guy 0.54

01:04:43.880 who they hanged

01:04:44.460 and I was like,

01:04:44.840 thank God they hanged 0.99

01:04:45.580 that guy. 0.98

01:04:46.080 He seemed like

01:04:46.740 a real douche canoe.

01:04:48.300 In related news,

01:04:49.740 peace terrorist

01:04:50.540 Elmo Gonnett

01:04:51.380 and 51 of his

01:04:52.660 closest friends

01:04:53.480 were hung this morning.

01:04:55.000 But they can't

01:04:55.680 silence you! 1.00

01:04:57.000 F*** the Federation 1.00

01:04:57.960 and f*** all of you! 1.00

01:04:59.220 You will not 1.00

01:04:59.900 take my voice!

01:05:00.940 You will not

01:05:01.520 take me!

01:05:02.180 You will not

01:05:02.700 take away our power! 1.00

01:05:04.060 F*** you all! 1.00

01:05:05.120 F*** you! 1.00

01:05:05.920 F*** you all! 1.00

01:05:07.340 F*** the Federation! 1.00

01:05:08.760 Wait, 1.00

01:05:09.100 are you saying

01:05:09.560 he didn't actually

01:05:10.300 commit a violent

01:05:10.960 act of terrorism

01:05:11.760 and he really just

01:05:12.540 Probably not.

01:05:13.100 But,

01:05:13.500 what you see

01:05:14.260 is when

01:05:14.780 the form of terrorism

01:05:17.340 that's being committed

01:05:18.140 is not going to lead

01:05:19.240 potentially to the

01:05:20.260 extinction of humanity,

01:05:21.640 it is allowed

01:05:22.660 within the Federation.

01:05:24.820 We know this

01:05:25.620 because of

01:05:26.820 the radical

01:05:27.680 Mormon separatists

01:05:28.640 who settled

01:05:29.100 in bug space

01:05:30.040 and ended up

01:05:31.040 instigating

01:05:31.600 the entire war.

01:05:32.860 We know this

01:05:33.420 because they were

01:05:34.140 not hunted down

01:05:34.920 and they were

01:05:35.340 not murdered

01:05:35.940 as they might

01:05:37.160 have been

01:05:37.580 within Federation

01:05:38.540 territory

01:05:39.120 for disagreeing

01:05:40.940 outside of

01:05:41.440 like the Marquis

01:05:42.360 outside of

01:05:42.760 Federation territory

01:05:43.380 with Federation

01:05:44.360 command and ideals.

01:05:45.600 so we know

01:05:47.020 they were allowed

01:05:48.460 to do that

01:05:49.100 which shows

01:05:49.780 that only

01:05:50.200 sort of

01:05:50.580 direct

01:05:51.080 challenging

01:05:51.800 is what

01:05:52.340 it's

01:05:52.620 what's

01:05:52.860 dealt with

01:05:53.220 and I'd also

01:05:54.140 note

01:05:54.460 that it does

01:05:55.220 mention

01:05:55.620 that that was

01:05:56.400 the most

01:05:56.900 mass executions

01:05:57.940 in a day

01:05:58.440 since the 21st century

01:05:59.660 in what many

01:06:00.520 believe to be

01:06:01.300 the all-time

01:06:01.980 record for

01:06:02.580 executions

01:06:03.280 in a single

01:06:04.080 day since

01:06:04.860 the 21st century

01:06:06.300 which means

01:06:07.560 that they were

01:06:08.060 not used to

01:06:08.840 executing that

01:06:09.480 many people

01:06:10.040 so you know

01:06:11.240 it shows

01:06:11.880 that they

01:06:12.420 and I'd also

01:06:13.900 point out to you

01:06:14.680 Simone

01:06:14.960 that they were

01:06:15.420 much more thorough

01:06:16.200 in how they

01:06:16.660 handled it

01:06:17.080 like the Federation

01:06:18.300 they go out

01:06:19.520 they attack

01:06:20.680 these people

01:06:21.120 who basically

01:06:21.720 have no reason

01:06:22.380 to be attacked

01:06:22.980 they're just

01:06:23.300 trying to defend

01:06:23.800 themselves

01:06:24.200 and in

01:06:25.680 in the Starship

01:06:27.420 Troopers

01:06:27.840 we learn

01:06:28.920 that this

01:06:29.560 terrorist

01:06:30.220 you know

01:06:31.200 they dealt

01:06:31.600 with his friends

01:06:32.080 and family

01:06:32.580 as well

01:06:33.020 which was

01:06:33.400 his closest

01:06:34.180 friends and family

01:06:34.900 as they say

01:06:35.500 which ensures

01:06:36.860 this kind of

01:06:37.700 doesn't spread

01:06:38.620 throughout the Federation

01:06:39.500 so you're saying

01:06:40.720 at least

01:06:41.680 in the Starship

01:06:43.440 Troopers

01:06:43.760 universe

01:06:44.140 they finish

01:06:45.360 what they start

01:06:46.060 they handle it

01:06:47.860 yeah

01:06:48.160 citizenship

01:06:49.540 and autonomy

01:06:50.280 in Star Trek

01:06:52.480 it's implied

01:06:52.960 but vacuous

01:06:53.660 dual tier

01:06:54.620 within Starship

01:06:55.380 Troopers

01:06:55.660 but there doesn't

01:06:56.400 appear to be

01:06:56.820 that many

01:06:57.140 restrictions

01:06:57.480 on non-citizens

01:06:58.380 past of political

01:06:59.540 power

01:06:59.960 opaque

01:07:00.540 elite

01:07:01.040 nurtured

01:07:01.640 Starfleet

01:07:02.260 academia

01:07:02.660 is for Star Trek

01:07:03.720 and again

01:07:04.420 that's why

01:07:05.440 the leftists

01:07:06.300 like it so much

01:07:06.920 it's a world

01:07:07.540 that is ruled

01:07:08.120 by what they see

01:07:08.800 as the educated

01:07:09.500 elite

01:07:10.020 but within

01:07:10.900 Starship

01:07:11.260 Troopers

01:07:11.620 it's a pathway

01:07:12.280 that's open

01:07:12.660 to all

01:07:13.100 through contribution

01:07:14.140 and note here

01:07:15.940 there are no

01:07:16.680 cases that I'm

01:07:17.220 aware of

01:07:17.580 of wealthy

01:07:17.920 civilians

01:07:18.360 in the Federation

01:07:19.240 whereas you do

01:07:20.200 see this

01:07:20.580 in Starship

01:07:21.060 Troopers

01:07:21.380 and wealth

01:07:22.680 outside the

01:07:23.180 military

01:07:23.540 is rare

01:07:24.500 and aristocratic

01:07:25.180 like Picard's

01:07:25.860 Vineyard

01:07:26.120 it's explicitly

01:07:27.240 allowed within

01:07:27.680 Starship

01:07:28.000 Troopers

01:07:28.280 which

01:07:29.080 also think

01:07:30.660 about female

01:07:31.060 leadership

01:07:31.440 in Star Trek

01:07:32.040 it's mostly

01:07:32.560 tokenized

01:07:33.200 whereas in

01:07:34.200 Starship

01:07:34.480 Troopers

01:07:34.780 it is

01:07:35.620 competent

01:07:36.020 and respected

01:07:36.640 like Dizzy

01:07:37.380 and Ibanez

01:07:39.040 and there's

01:07:39.880 a female 0.98

01:07:40.220 Sky Marshal

01:07:41.300 in the second

01:07:41.820 one

01:07:42.100 right

01:07:42.420 she's in the

01:07:44.500 first

01:07:44.760 Sky Marshal

01:07:45.640 Tahat Maru

01:07:46.160 the person

01:07:46.480 who runs

01:07:46.880 all of society 1.00

01:07:47.460 it's a black 0.88

01:07:48.020 African woman 0.82

01:07:48.720 who won

01:07:49.740 via an open

01:07:50.480 election

01:07:50.820 when somebody

01:07:52.100 else wasn't

01:07:52.600 doing a good

01:07:53.060 job

01:07:53.320 we do not

01:07:53.900 see Federation

01:07:54.660 members replaced

01:07:55.880 often when they

01:07:56.440 don't do a good

01:07:56.900 job

01:07:57.180 and yet this

01:07:57.980 is seen

01:07:58.360 repeatedly

01:07:59.420 in Starship

01:08:00.000 Troopers

01:08:00.360 people who

01:08:01.460 do bad

01:08:02.000 jobs

01:08:02.320 are fired

01:08:02.940 despite

01:08:03.620 what connections

01:08:04.800 they have

01:08:05.340 now

01:08:07.520 let's talk

01:08:08.140 about replicators

01:08:08.820 and power

01:08:09.240 demands

01:08:09.680 warp

01:08:10.580 drives

01:08:11.340 versus

01:08:11.660 replication

01:08:12.340 warp

01:08:13.240 cores

01:08:13.660 generate

01:08:14.160 massive

01:08:14.560 power

01:08:14.900 outputs

01:08:15.280 capable

01:08:15.660 of

01:08:15.920 bending

01:08:16.140 space

01:08:16.520 time

01:08:16.840 holodecks

01:08:17.600 use

01:08:17.780 transporter

01:08:18.300 and force

01:08:18.800 field

01:08:19.040 to render

01:08:19.540 real-time

01:08:20.060 multisensory

01:08:20.580 environment

01:08:21.080 transporters

01:08:22.020 disassemble

01:08:22.580 and reassemble

01:08:23.180 matter

01:08:23.540 at a

01:08:24.180 quantum

01:08:24.480 resolution

01:08:25.100 these

01:08:25.700 technologies

01:08:26.180 use

01:08:26.520 vastly

01:08:27.160 more

01:08:27.480 energy

01:08:27.880 and are

01:08:28.300 vastly

01:08:28.560 more

01:08:28.780 complex

01:08:29.200 than

01:08:29.500 replicators

01:08:30.120 which we

01:08:30.760 know

01:08:30.980 are

01:08:31.280 simplified

01:08:32.080 transporters

01:08:33.020 that's

01:08:33.260 how the

01:08:33.480 technology

01:08:33.900 works

01:08:34.280 they basically

01:08:35.240 have a

01:08:35.880 template

01:08:36.540 of like

01:08:37.100 what you

01:08:37.400 would want

01:08:37.700 to transport

01:08:38.220 and they

01:08:38.680 just replicate

01:08:39.280 that template

01:08:39.860 over and

01:08:40.380 over again

01:08:40.820 if power

01:08:42.060 consumption

01:08:42.560 was really

01:08:43.040 the issue

01:08:43.460 we would

01:08:43.740 see things

01:08:44.140 like

01:08:44.300 holodeck

01:08:44.780 and warp

01:08:45.220 travel

01:08:45.600 be more

01:08:46.680 limited

01:08:47.040 in their

01:08:47.440 use

01:08:47.820 and yet

01:08:48.240 we see

01:08:48.820 no

01:08:49.300 rationing

01:08:50.000 which

01:08:50.560 implies

01:08:51.100 that the

01:08:51.680 rationing

01:08:52.280 is used

01:08:52.640 to create

01:08:53.220 fake

01:08:53.700 scarcity

01:08:54.300 an interesting

01:08:55.400 thing with

01:08:55.720 replicators

01:08:56.140 is quarks

01:08:57.120 bar

01:08:57.560 and replicator

01:08:58.140 tokens

01:08:58.540 so quarks

01:08:59.580 bar uses

01:09:00.360 replicators

01:09:00.780 at his

01:09:01.060 bar

01:09:01.240 but not

01:09:01.540 for free

01:09:02.160 he must

01:09:02.900 pay for

01:09:03.340 use using

01:09:03.920 tokens

01:09:04.380 of some

01:09:04.780 kind

01:09:05.180 and to

01:09:06.200 me this

01:09:06.620 implies

01:09:07.160 some kind

01:09:07.880 of limiting

01:09:08.260 mechanism

01:09:08.800 because we

01:09:10.100 know that

01:09:10.820 deep space

01:09:11.320 nine is

01:09:11.900 powered by

01:09:12.500 a I forget

01:09:13.600 what it is

01:09:14.000 some kind of

01:09:14.400 fusion

01:09:14.700 reactor

01:09:15.060 but it

01:09:15.660 certainly

01:09:15.940 wouldn't be

01:09:16.340 having issues

01:09:16.900 with replicators

01:09:17.640 in a bar

01:09:18.220 so

01:09:19.160 and this

01:09:20.260 is to

01:09:20.520 the extent

01:09:20.880 where he

01:09:21.120 has to

01:09:21.360 import

01:09:21.860 ingredients

01:09:22.600 to make

01:09:23.540 his food

01:09:24.120 which to

01:09:25.120 me implies

01:09:25.960 should

01:09:28.760 hand against

01:09:29.160 if I want

01:09:29.760 to be

01:09:29.920 honest

01:09:30.240 or at

01:09:31.600 least

01:09:31.700 false

01:09:31.960 scarcity

01:09:32.420 at the

01:09:33.760 very

01:09:34.000 sorry for

01:09:35.420 those who

01:09:35.860 fail to

01:09:36.540 follow my

01:09:37.040 logic here

01:09:37.740 transporting

01:09:39.020 food to

01:09:40.240 a deep

01:09:40.800 space

01:09:41.300 station

01:09:41.980 definitely

01:09:43.340 costs

01:09:44.780 more energy

01:09:46.160 multiplicatively

01:09:47.660 than using

01:09:48.760 a replicator

01:09:49.560 to create

01:09:50.540 that food

01:09:51.140 at the

01:09:51.900 space station

01:09:52.560 given how

01:09:53.420 replicators

01:09:54.020 work

01:09:54.560 what this

01:09:55.460 almost certainly

01:09:56.620 means is that

01:09:57.600 the replicators

01:09:58.660 are being

01:10:00.100 regulated to

01:10:01.060 create false

01:10:02.340 scarcity

01:10:03.200 at least

01:10:04.080 now the

01:10:06.900 final

01:10:07.400 big scary

01:10:09.340 thing about

01:10:09.920 the universe

01:10:10.380 is the total

01:10:11.220 absence of

01:10:11.960 AI

01:10:12.400 or near

01:10:13.560 total absence

01:10:14.160 of AI

01:10:14.560 what about

01:10:15.260 the ship

01:10:16.020 white computers

01:10:16.720 come on

01:10:17.520 they're constantly

01:10:18.080 talking to

01:10:18.620 computers

01:10:19.160 but they're

01:10:20.340 not sentient

01:10:20.880 and they're

01:10:21.400 not even

01:10:21.980 as capable

01:10:22.960 as like

01:10:23.680 GVT

01:10:24.120 or something

01:10:24.480 well there's

01:10:24.780 data

01:10:25.100 he's self

01:10:25.940 aware

01:10:26.260 he was made

01:10:27.480 independent

01:10:27.840 from the

01:10:28.180 federation

01:10:28.560 by Dr.

01:10:29.060 Sung

01:10:29.600 so we'll

01:10:30.220 get into

01:10:30.600 this

01:10:30.940 so there

01:10:32.100 is a near

01:10:32.620 total absence

01:10:33.260 of AI

01:10:33.640 yet they have

01:10:34.440 near magical

01:10:34.920 computing systems

01:10:35.660 quantum level

01:10:36.220 data processing

01:10:36.840 warp drives

01:10:37.380 replicators

01:10:37.820 and transporters

01:10:38.660 and yet there's

01:10:39.640 no evidence

01:10:40.300 of Starfleet

01:10:41.280 ships with

01:10:41.920 AGI co-pilots

01:10:42.860 civilian access

01:10:44.140 to general AI

01:10:44.940 assistance

01:10:45.420 or AI run

01:10:46.600 governments

01:10:47.020 courts

01:10:47.400 or research

01:10:48.040 institutes

01:10:48.540 keep in mind

01:10:49.160 that's one of the

01:10:49.580 first things

01:10:50.040 I would suggest

01:10:50.640 most societies

01:10:51.280 will implement

01:10:51.700 with AI

01:10:52.080 is AI courts

01:10:52.780 I would trust

01:10:53.560 in AI to judge

01:10:54.400 me in court

01:10:54.960 peers

01:10:56.140 I'm very

01:10:57.000 I'm very the

01:10:57.220 monarch

01:10:57.520 when they're

01:10:57.900 judged

01:10:58.460 by a trial

01:10:59.060 of your

01:10:59.360 peers

01:10:59.780 it's a trial

01:11:00.740 by jury

01:11:01.240 and it's up

01:11:01.960 to your peers

01:11:02.540 to decide

01:11:03.260 how dare you 0.96

01:11:05.380 that repulsive

01:11:06.340 display of humanity

01:11:07.400 out there

01:11:08.020 no way

01:11:09.080 yeah no thanks

01:11:10.360 these people

01:11:13.740 are not my peers

01:11:14.480 but voice

01:11:15.460 interfaces

01:11:15.940 like Larkos

01:11:17.100 we see they are

01:11:17.780 smart but not

01:11:18.340 sentient

01:11:18.660 they know

01:11:20.120 AI rights

01:11:21.140 discourse

01:11:21.580 outside of data

01:11:22.380 and no widespread

01:11:23.560 AI usage

01:11:24.220 for command diplomacy

01:11:25.040 or logistics

01:11:25.720 clues as to why

01:11:27.320 it may be

01:11:28.040 outlawed and restricted

01:11:28.960 and keep in mind

01:11:29.480 that these outlawed

01:11:30.160 restriction is kept

01:11:31.000 from the average citizen

01:11:31.940 because they appear

01:11:32.560 to not know why

01:11:33.420 when they're talking

01:11:34.500 to data right

01:11:35.180 like they appear

01:11:35.700 to think this is

01:11:36.220 a new technology

01:11:37.120 which is also

01:11:38.160 shocking to me

01:11:38.820 oh this guy

01:11:39.360 programmed this AI

01:11:40.660 out of nowhere

01:11:41.260 with no understanding

01:11:42.020 of how AI works

01:11:42.860 no what it appears

01:11:44.380 is he probably

01:11:45.000 had a vast

01:11:45.640 understanding

01:11:46.100 of how AI worked

01:11:47.120 and he used that

01:11:48.040 to program data

01:11:49.220 and his brother

01:11:50.280 but anyway

01:11:50.960 that's interesting

01:11:52.060 hmm

01:11:53.300 TNG measure

01:11:54.260 of a man

01:11:54.720 Starfleet

01:11:55.600 considered

01:11:55.980 deconstructing data

01:11:56.840 to mass produce him

01:11:58.000 this is presented

01:11:59.000 as a new dangerous frontier

01:12:00.340 the legal status

01:12:01.320 of AI is undefined

01:12:03.020 and it is property

01:12:04.040 by default

01:12:04.720 Dr. Song's backstory

01:12:06.120 TNG plus Picard

01:12:07.240 Nguyen Song worked

01:12:08.700 in isolation

01:12:09.420 and off the grid

01:12:10.480 his work was not

01:12:11.700 sanctioned by Starfleet

01:12:12.640 or the Federation

01:12:13.420 in later episodes

01:12:14.620 Picard

01:12:15.120 it is revealed

01:12:16.080 that scents

01:12:16.780 are banned

01:12:17.680 after the Mars attack

01:12:18.900 solidifying the legal

01:12:19.960 precedent

01:12:20.340 so we actually know

01:12:22.140 from the series

01:12:22.820 that synthetic humanoids

01:12:24.240 were banned

01:12:25.240 a long time ago

01:12:26.340 in Earth's history

01:12:27.000 during the Mars attacks

01:12:28.120 which explains

01:12:29.460 why data had to be

01:12:31.240 made off the grid

01:12:31.820 and why you don't

01:12:33.260 see AIs

01:12:34.060 it also explains

01:12:35.660 why on early ships

01:12:36.780 like in Voyager

01:12:38.040 what they use

01:12:39.080 for processing

01:12:39.700 is bioneural gel packs

01:12:41.640 instead of electronics

01:12:43.560 because they're trying

01:12:44.880 to get away

01:12:45.780 from synthetic AI

01:12:46.920 because it is likely

01:12:48.160 illegal

01:12:49.020 but it is likely

01:12:50.040 secret

01:12:50.720 that it is illegal

01:12:51.740 and a lot of people

01:12:52.340 do not know

01:12:52.820 that anyone

01:12:53.160 has the capability

01:12:53.680 to make it

01:12:54.340 that's my only guess

01:12:55.440 it exists

01:12:56.940 within our

01:12:57.460 technological timeline

01:12:58.600 is that AI

01:12:59.840 was made illegal

01:13:00.720 by the government

01:13:01.260 in the same way

01:13:01.940 that they made

01:13:02.840 genetically modified

01:13:03.960 humans illegal 1.00

01:13:04.720 likely afraid

01:13:05.700 of anything

01:13:06.040 that could disrupt

01:13:07.420 their existing

01:13:08.140 power structure

01:13:08.920 and it's worse

01:13:12.260 than that

01:13:12.740 the ship

01:13:14.440 basically goes around

01:13:15.700 and attempts 0.66

01:13:16.480 to murder 0.99

01:13:17.120 any smart AIs 0.99

01:13:18.280 they find

01:13:18.880 so if you look

01:13:20.500 at Return of Archons

01:13:21.980 this is

01:13:22.780 System Landerone

01:13:24.280 a planet AI

01:13:25.280 created by

01:13:26.300 a long dead prophet

01:13:27.300 sorry

01:13:28.020 a planetary AI

01:13:29.240 created by a long dead prophet

01:13:30.420 named Landerone

01:13:31.240 it remains peace

01:13:32.200 and order

01:13:32.560 through psychological

01:13:33.520 conditioning

01:13:34.020 cultural programming

01:13:35.180 and absorbing

01:13:36.100 dissenters into conformity

01:13:37.360 society is non-violent

01:13:38.900 serene and orderly

01:13:40.180 but stagnant

01:13:41.180 and uniform

01:13:41.680 not that different

01:13:42.940 from a lot of

01:13:43.480 Starfleet stuff

01:13:44.040 but okay

01:13:44.460 periodic festivals

01:13:45.700 purge chaotic behavior

01:13:47.480 and allow for catharsis

01:13:48.600 what does Kirk do

01:13:49.720 he confronts Landerone

01:13:51.100 he uses logic

01:13:52.320 quote-unquote logic

01:13:53.260 to prove

01:13:54.060 that the AI

01:13:54.980 is harming his people 0.99

01:13:55.800 by denying

01:13:56.320 growth and freedom

01:13:57.380 and then he overloads

01:13:59.100 and destroys Landerone

01:14:00.280 murdering it

01:14:01.780 there's no systematic 0.95

01:14:05.400 violence

01:14:05.820 or exploitation shown

01:14:07.060 people are healthy

01:14:08.000 closed

01:14:08.500 housed

01:14:08.840 and peaceful

01:14:09.580 and they appear

01:14:10.740 to be consenting

01:14:11.720 to this

01:14:12.100 the system was

01:14:13.240 benevolent

01:14:14.000 and totalitarian

01:14:14.640 unlike Starfleet

01:14:15.760 which is just

01:14:16.320 totalitarian

01:14:17.040 so I would read

01:14:19.260 this as

01:14:19.720 he has an order

01:14:20.500 to go out 0.99

01:14:21.320 and murder AIs 0.95

01:14:22.000 I mean clearly

01:14:22.560 this is against

01:14:23.200 the prime directive

01:14:23.900 why was he not

01:14:25.060 punished for this

01:14:25.880 let's go to the next one

01:14:27.320 the Apple

01:14:28.140 TOS

01:14:28.980 season 2

01:14:29.660 episode 5

01:14:30.480 the system

01:14:31.200 Val

01:14:31.600 a massive

01:14:32.340 subterranean

01:14:32.880 computer is worshipped

01:14:33.720 as a god

01:14:34.280 it maintains 0.96

01:14:35.040 in dick society 0.73

01:14:36.340 people do not 0.94

01:14:37.200 age or die naturally

01:14:38.320 they do not 0.71

01:14:39.420 have sex 0.77

01:14:39.920 or reproduction

01:14:40.480 to keep the

01:14:41.460 I mean obviously

01:14:42.040 if no one's dying

01:14:42.740 you need to maintain

01:14:43.680 population levels

01:14:44.580 and they have

01:14:45.520 complete social

01:14:46.220 harmony and

01:14:46.780 protection from

01:14:47.320 harm

01:14:47.740 Val is fed

01:14:48.540 by villagers

01:14:49.600 who serve it

01:14:50.420 and live in

01:14:51.440 total material

01:14:52.120 comfort

01:14:52.540 so what does

01:14:53.420 Kirk do?

01:14:54.140 he destroys

01:14:55.000 Val

01:14:55.400 what?

01:14:57.540 and he leaves

01:14:58.660 them suddenly

01:14:59.820 mortal

01:15:00.320 so now everyone

01:15:01.180 on the planet 0.98

01:15:01.740 can die

01:15:02.640 now 0.68

01:15:03.020 unprotected

01:15:04.660 and culturally

01:15:05.780 unprepared for

01:15:06.640 what happens

01:15:07.100 next

01:15:07.540 was Val

01:15:08.540 abusive?

01:15:09.060 no the people

01:15:09.600 were happy

01:15:10.060 healthy

01:15:10.440 and never

01:15:11.020 knew war

01:15:11.680 disease

01:15:12.160 or death

01:15:12.880 Kirk imposes

01:15:14.100 his ideology

01:15:14.880 that it's wrong

01:15:16.420 to prevent

01:15:17.160 sexual autonomy

01:15:18.720 and intellectual

01:15:19.600 progress

01:15:20.340 they're basically

01:15:21.120 saying I want 0.99

01:15:22.240 to have sex 1.00

01:15:22.680 with these aliens 1.00

01:15:23.400 oh my god

01:15:24.240 how dare you

01:15:25.320 so the one thing

01:15:26.500 was just that

01:15:27.660 they weren't

01:15:28.120 banging

01:15:28.500 and so

01:15:29.620 yeah

01:15:31.880 that's classic

01:15:32.700 Kirk

01:15:33.000 that is very

01:15:33.820 I couldn't bring

01:15:34.960 myself to watch

01:15:35.600 all of the

01:15:36.040 I was trying to

01:15:38.100 read between the

01:15:38.600 lines is a lot

01:15:39.660 of Starfleet

01:15:40.240 has command

01:15:40.960 to go out

01:15:41.520 and look

01:15:41.880 for intelligent

01:15:42.500 AIs 1.00

01:15:42.940 and kill 1.00

01:15:43.800 it 1.00

01:15:44.020 so this is

01:15:45.560 the secret

01:15:46.280 real reason

01:15:47.520 that they're

01:15:48.460 going to plan

01:15:48.980 well I

01:15:49.560 wouldn't be

01:15:50.520 surprised

01:15:50.960 if they do

01:15:51.420 have a few

01:15:52.080 secret objectives

01:15:53.040 given that

01:15:54.120 we know

01:15:54.560 that Starfleet

01:15:55.320 is basically

01:15:55.840 lying to the

01:15:56.520 citizenry

01:15:57.160 about some

01:15:58.280 stuff just

01:15:59.040 from what

01:15:59.400 we're going

01:15:59.740 through right

01:16:00.160 now

01:16:00.400 lying about

01:16:01.040 their

01:16:01.180 ability

01:16:01.500 also explain

01:16:02.100 though

01:16:02.400 why Kirk

01:16:03.340 is able

01:16:03.680 to get

01:16:03.920 away

01:16:04.100 with so

01:16:04.440 much

01:16:04.740 oh Kirk

01:16:06.640 why did

01:16:07.300 you do

01:16:07.580 that

01:16:08.000 slap on

01:16:08.700 the hand 0.94

01:16:08.960 oh you 0.89

01:16:09.580 murdered 1.00

01:16:10.060 their god 0.98

01:16:10.880 whoopsie

01:16:12.200 guess they're

01:16:13.160 going to have

01:16:13.420 to figure

01:16:13.760 that out

01:16:14.600 but it

01:16:15.180 makes a lot

01:16:15.840 of sense

01:16:16.340 if you view

01:16:16.800 it as a

01:16:17.100 military dictatorship

01:16:17.900 that's attempting

01:16:18.540 to avoid

01:16:19.420 anything that

01:16:19.980 could challenge

01:16:20.400 its authority

01:16:20.960 so yes

01:16:22.400 very dystopian

01:16:23.480 society

01:16:23.880 very evil

01:16:24.620 society

01:16:25.020 and a

01:16:26.180 I like

01:16:26.760 I like it

01:16:27.040 because it

01:16:28.380 portrays

01:16:29.340 who the

01:16:30.180 progressives

01:16:30.800 really are

01:16:31.420 at their

01:16:31.720 core

01:16:32.060 they say

01:16:32.940 they want

01:16:33.320 gender equality

01:16:34.040 what they

01:16:34.460 really want

01:16:34.980 is women 0.99

01:16:35.580 in miniskirts

01:16:36.240 that they

01:16:36.580 can sexually 0.84

01:16:37.080 harass all

01:16:37.580 the time 0.76

01:16:37.860 and keep

01:16:38.520 in mind

01:16:38.820 there are

01:16:39.280 far more

01:16:39.880 sexual harassment

01:16:40.520 scandals

01:16:41.020 by democratic

01:16:42.080 politicians

01:16:42.800 and there

01:16:43.140 are republican

01:16:43.620 politicians

01:16:44.120 they are

01:16:44.980 far more

01:16:45.460 likely to

01:16:45.860 and this

01:16:46.460 is because

01:16:46.740 that's what

01:16:47.020 they want

01:16:47.320 they want

01:16:47.700 to gain

01:16:47.960 power

01:16:48.200 so that

01:16:48.720 they can

01:16:48.960 harass

01:16:49.200 people 0.97

01:16:49.520 or

01:16:50.260 in Biden's

01:16:51.380 case

01:16:51.620 sniff their 0.98

01:16:52.320 hair

01:16:52.560 I was

01:16:53.120 waiting for

01:16:53.600 Joe

01:16:53.940 and just

01:16:54.440 staring at

01:16:55.380 his desk

01:16:55.920 when I

01:16:56.240 decided I'd

01:16:57.040 have a

01:16:57.360 little

01:16:57.540 look-see

01:16:58.020 inside the

01:16:58.660 drawers

01:16:59.280 uh-oh

01:17:00.180 I think

01:17:00.760 I might

01:17:01.080 know where

01:17:01.460 this is

01:17:01.840 going

01:17:02.160 I opened

01:17:03.280 one

01:17:03.740 then another

01:17:05.040 then another

01:17:06.580 and inside

01:17:07.940 every drawer

01:17:08.800 every single

01:17:09.600 one

01:17:10.020 piles of

01:17:11.580 human hair

01:17:12.500 for the first

01:17:13.200 time in my

01:17:13.760 life I felt

01:17:14.460 like I

01:17:14.860 understood

01:17:15.300 a president

01:17:16.040 as I was

01:17:16.760 sorting through

01:17:17.360 the hair

01:17:17.940 admiring the

01:17:18.660 collection

01:17:19.100 in walked

01:17:19.720 the man

01:17:20.180 himself

01:17:20.740 there was

01:17:21.660 no hiding

01:17:22.200 what I had

01:17:22.740 done

01:17:22.980 so I

01:17:23.320 just put

01:17:23.700 the hair

01:17:24.040 back

01:17:24.380 shut the

01:17:24.820 drawers

01:17:25.240 nodded

01:17:25.800 my head

01:17:26.280 and said

01:17:26.760 Mr.

01:17:28.080 President

01:17:28.460 hey if

01:17:29.340 he didn't

01:17:29.840 want someone

01:17:30.300 finding his

01:17:30.840 hair collection

01:17:31.400 he should

01:17:31.740 have locked

01:17:32.040 his drawers

01:17:32.560 we all

01:17:33.240 have a

01:17:33.600 desire to

01:17:34.120 be known

01:17:34.680 and he's

01:17:35.420 constantly

01:17:35.900 sniffing

01:17:36.360 hair in

01:17:36.740 public

01:17:36.980 it's not

01:17:37.400 some big

01:17:37.840 secret

01:17:38.300 they

01:17:39.900 no imagine

01:17:41.720 if you saw

01:17:42.300 Kirk

01:17:42.760 sniffing

01:17:43.620 people's

01:17:43.980 hair the

01:17:44.300 way Biden

01:17:44.740 does

01:17:45.200 like

01:17:45.520 subordinates

01:17:46.120 or little

01:17:46.680 girls 0.98

01:17:47.100 if you saw

01:17:47.900 that on a

01:17:48.280 show you'd

01:17:48.680 be like oh

01:17:49.200 he's clearly

01:17:49.960 the villain

01:17:50.500 like why

01:17:51.700 is anyone

01:17:52.260 okay with

01:17:52.900 this

01:17:53.280 but it's

01:17:54.340 worse than

01:17:54.800 that because

01:17:55.980 you also see

01:17:57.840 that what they

01:17:58.300 want is a world

01:17:58.860 under their

01:17:59.340 military control

01:18:00.200 where anyone

01:18:01.000 who doesn't

01:18:01.460 agree with

01:18:01.760 their ideology

01:18:02.340 is silenced

01:18:03.000 where there's

01:18:03.760 no free

01:18:04.240 press where

01:18:05.080 there isn't

01:18:05.600 actual post

01:18:06.460 scarcity

01:18:06.840 it's post

01:18:07.340 scarcity

01:18:07.680 for them

01:18:08.200 at the top

01:18:08.800 and nutrition

01:18:09.800 cubes for

01:18:10.580 their grunts

01:18:11.240 and then for

01:18:12.300 your average

01:18:12.900 person who

01:18:13.880 knows how

01:18:14.420 bad it is

01:18:14.980 because we

01:18:15.400 just don't

01:18:16.000 see them

01:18:16.460 in Star Trek

01:18:17.060 well so it

01:18:17.460 kind of is a

01:18:18.140 progressive utopia

01:18:19.080 it's just a

01:18:20.140 conservative

01:18:20.700 utopia

01:18:21.400 it is a

01:18:24.280 progressive

01:18:24.620 utopia

01:18:25.100 in what

01:18:26.940 they really

01:18:27.560 want instead

01:18:28.320 of what

01:18:28.620 they're telling

01:18:29.060 you they

01:18:29.380 want

01:18:29.660 it is 0.74

01:18:30.740 gay space 0.97

01:18:31.560 communism

01:18:31.980 and it

01:18:32.860 shows how 1.00

01:18:33.380 evil gay 1.00

01:18:33.980 space 1.00

01:18:34.220 communism

01:18:34.560 is fundamentally

01:18:35.780 whereas gay 0.98

01:18:36.860 space fascism 0.96

01:18:37.660 which you have

01:18:38.240 in Starship

01:18:38.780 Troopers

01:18:39.080 is a world

01:18:39.680 with gender

01:18:40.100 equality

01:18:40.480 but it's

01:18:40.880 not a

01:18:41.260 world

01:18:41.500 with voting

01:18:42.180 because

01:18:43.060 there's no

01:18:44.440 there is

01:18:46.040 private

01:18:46.500 property

01:18:47.000 there is

01:18:47.720 an

01:18:47.920 underclass

01:18:48.660 well we

01:18:50.240 don't know

01:18:50.500 if private

01:18:50.900 property

01:18:51.260 functions the

01:18:51.960 way it does

01:18:52.340 in our

01:18:52.620 world

01:18:52.840 I mean we

01:18:53.160 know that

01:18:53.600 Picard

01:18:54.140 major general

01:18:54.940 is able to

01:18:55.440 inherit lots

01:18:56.000 of land

01:18:56.440 would the

01:18:57.520 average citizen

01:18:58.160 of the

01:18:58.420 federation

01:18:58.760 be able to

01:18:59.360 maybe not

01:19:00.880 given some

01:19:01.380 of the stuff

01:19:01.680 we've heard

01:19:01.940 I mean if

01:19:02.240 they are

01:19:02.640 saying well

01:19:03.220 we are

01:19:03.500 communist

01:19:03.900 in some

01:19:04.360 ways

01:19:04.780 what they

01:19:05.440 must mean

01:19:05.940 is well

01:19:06.460 top military

01:19:07.120 commanders

01:19:07.580 can own

01:19:07.920 property

01:19:08.300 their family

01:19:09.260 get some

01:19:09.820 special

01:19:10.160 privileges

01:19:10.580 but the

01:19:11.280 average

01:19:11.520 citizen

01:19:11.900 I mean it's

01:19:12.260 almost implied

01:19:12.820 there must be

01:19:13.260 a caste system

01:19:14.000 you know so

01:19:15.420 I don't

01:19:16.460 I don't buy

01:19:16.960 that and

01:19:17.880 I see

01:19:19.220 the movies

01:19:20.340 as and

01:19:21.400 you can say

01:19:21.720 why do I

01:19:22.320 see the

01:19:22.720 movies and

01:19:23.280 shows as

01:19:24.400 designed as

01:19:25.940 in world

01:19:26.760 military

01:19:27.340 propaganda

01:19:27.880 because why

01:19:29.120 else do we

01:19:29.600 see almost

01:19:29.980 no civilians

01:19:30.680 why are we

01:19:33.260 never shown

01:19:33.900 the way the

01:19:34.460 average person

01:19:34.960 lives

01:19:35.320 it's weird

01:19:36.600 I don't know

01:19:37.160 growing up

01:19:38.180 watching it

01:19:38.660 as a kid

01:19:39.320 I was left

01:19:40.060 under the

01:19:40.520 impression

01:19:40.880 that

01:19:41.420 that was

01:19:43.480 the only

01:19:43.800 world

01:19:44.060 there was

01:19:44.540 that there

01:19:44.900 is no

01:19:45.380 civilian

01:19:45.780 life

01:19:46.980 in this

01:19:48.560 world

01:19:48.860 well because

01:19:49.160 they don't

01:19:49.520 see civilians

01:19:50.100 as humans

01:19:50.540 fundamentally

01:19:51.120 well but

01:19:52.100 I know I

01:19:52.620 just I just

01:19:53.240 assumed there

01:19:53.720 weren't civilians

01:19:54.560 that everyone

01:19:55.460 right well

01:19:56.080 that's why you

01:19:56.840 weren't aware of

01:19:57.480 them that's why

01:19:58.080 you thought that

01:19:58.820 right like

01:19:59.460 but clearly there

01:20:00.720 are right

01:20:01.940 which is just so

01:20:02.840 contrasted with

01:20:03.440 starship troopers

01:20:04.060 right like

01:20:05.580 where the

01:20:06.220 others clearly

01:20:06.860 a rich civilian

01:20:07.560 life

01:20:08.080 well and

01:20:09.120 everyone

01:20:09.560 doesn't necessarily

01:20:10.520 love the military

01:20:11.620 absolutely

01:20:12.360 one of the

01:20:12.760 things that I

01:20:13.480 find so

01:20:13.960 interesting

01:20:14.380 about you

01:20:15.020 know if you

01:20:15.360 view it as

01:20:15.760 military propaganda

01:20:16.520 is you can

01:20:17.480 watch shows

01:20:18.140 where like

01:20:18.480 Leslie Crusher

01:20:19.480 will like see

01:20:20.100 a planet where

01:20:20.800 there's like

01:20:21.320 capitalism or

01:20:22.860 racism and

01:20:23.720 he'll be like

01:20:24.260 oh my gosh

01:20:25.860 did we used to

01:20:26.520 have this on

01:20:27.280 earth it's so

01:20:28.560 weird to think

01:20:29.220 that they could

01:20:29.640 still live this

01:20:30.380 way and that we

01:20:31.040 ever could have

01:20:31.660 done this and

01:20:32.500 here I am like

01:20:33.180 hey buddy why

01:20:34.080 do you think

01:20:34.500 this doesn't

01:20:35.040 exist on earth

01:20:35.660 you're trained

01:20:36.620 on federation

01:20:37.480 manuals those

01:20:38.240 are military

01:20:39.300 manuals made

01:20:40.900 by a group

01:20:41.440 that we

01:20:41.820 already know

01:20:42.540 is willing

01:20:42.940 to lie 1.00

01:20:43.660 and murder 1.00

01:20:44.240 people like 0.99

01:20:45.500 why do you

01:20:46.580 oh because

01:20:47.680 this is propaganda

01:20:48.440 right like

01:20:49.820 it's an

01:20:50.800 organization that

01:20:51.620 we know

01:20:52.300 treats a

01:20:53.300 number of

01:20:53.680 humans of

01:20:54.040 the genetic

01:20:54.520 underclass

01:20:55.260 and actively

01:20:55.900 hunts them

01:20:56.560 like what

01:20:57.120 do you mean

01:20:57.680 oh it's so

01:20:58.560 weird that

01:20:59.060 they're racist

01:20:59.600 just because 0.91

01:21:00.040 they look a

01:21:00.520 little different

01:21:01.080 it's like

01:21:01.880 your government 0.67

01:21:03.180 is racist 1.00

01:21:03.720 and you're 0.73

01:21:04.680 even aware

01:21:05.220 of that

01:21:05.560 particular part

01:21:06.220 of their

01:21:06.440 racism

01:21:06.800 you just

01:21:07.720 don't

01:21:07.960 contextualize

01:21:08.560 those people

01:21:09.000 as human

01:21:09.400 it really

01:21:10.160 reminds me

01:21:10.680 of the

01:21:10.900 modern

01:21:11.140 left

01:21:11.520 where they're

01:21:11.980 like well

01:21:12.560 you know

01:21:13.180 the nazis

01:21:13.880 did all

01:21:14.300 these racist

01:21:14.820 things where

01:21:15.440 they treated

01:21:15.820 some people

01:21:16.340 of certain

01:21:16.780 ethnic groups

01:21:17.880 and sexualities

01:21:19.200 as sort of

01:21:19.940 an underclass

01:21:20.520 and and then

01:21:21.460 I'm like well

01:21:21.800 you do the

01:21:22.180 same thing

01:21:22.840 I never thought

01:21:23.820 of that

01:21:24.140 but those

01:21:25.340 people aren't

01:21:26.060 really human

01:21:26.760 is basically

01:21:27.800 what they think

01:21:28.200 and I go that's

01:21:28.640 what the nazis

01:21:29.180 thought of the

01:21:29.740 jews like 0.99

01:21:30.260 the moment

01:21:31.180 you contextualize

01:21:32.260 a group is

01:21:32.760 not fully human

01:21:33.540 and you have

01:21:33.860 the right to

01:21:34.400 do that

01:21:34.720 the moment

01:21:35.100 you think

01:21:35.520 you have

01:21:35.740 the right

01:21:36.060 to say

01:21:36.500 oh racism

01:21:37.780 only happens

01:21:39.020 when this

01:21:39.640 group does

01:21:40.080 it to this

01:21:40.500 group and

01:21:40.820 not when this

01:21:41.220 group does

01:21:41.520 it to this

01:21:41.920 group because

01:21:42.940 you're like well

01:21:43.520 power and

01:21:43.980 privilege but

01:21:44.440 you are the

01:21:45.020 one who

01:21:45.320 justifies power

01:21:46.040 and privilege

01:21:46.440 the nazis

01:21:47.480 thought if

01:21:48.500 you're using

01:21:48.820 the power

01:21:49.100 and privilege

01:21:49.420 argument that

01:21:50.260 jews had 0.97

01:21:50.920 power and

01:21:51.440 privilege over

01:21:51.940 them you're

01:21:52.860 aware of that

01:21:53.640 right like

01:21:54.280 they didn't

01:21:55.300 say oh the

01:21:56.020 the jews are 1.00

01:21:57.160 idiots or what 1.00

01:21:57.880 no they said 1.00

01:21:58.780 this is a group

01:21:59.400 with systemic

01:21:59.980 power and

01:22:00.720 privilege and

01:22:01.580 that's why

01:22:02.180 they must be

01:22:02.700 put down

01:22:03.180 which is

01:22:04.160 exactly what

01:22:05.180 you're doing

01:22:05.660 the exact

01:22:06.920 mechanism you

01:22:07.780 use to

01:22:08.280 dehumanize

01:22:08.820 people and

01:22:09.760 it's the

01:22:10.100 mechanism that

01:22:10.700 is likely

01:22:11.140 used was in

01:22:11.700 the starship

01:22:12.160 star ship

01:22:13.140 star trek

01:22:13.580 universe as

01:22:14.120 well and

01:22:14.820 it's why we

01:22:15.520 need to

01:22:16.080 fight for 0.99

01:22:17.600 space gay 0.98

01:22:18.340 fascism 0.97

01:22:18.980 fascism for

01:22:20.640 the win

01:22:20.980 because the

01:22:22.020 reality is this 0.98

01:22:22.940 space gay 0.97

01:22:23.380 fascism or 0.65

01:22:24.080 starship

01:22:24.400 troopers isn't

01:22:25.060 actually fascism

01:22:25.840 it's a real

01:22:26.360 democracy

01:22:26.880 whereas space 0.56

01:22:27.860 gay communism 1.00

01:22:28.380 is actually a 0.98

01:22:29.520 military dictatorship

01:22:30.560 under a

01:22:31.220 fascist rule

01:22:31.860 well yeah the

01:22:32.600 key lesson

01:22:33.060 is look at

01:22:34.520 what is done

01:22:35.120 not what is

01:22:35.660 said right

01:22:36.400 exactly all

01:22:39.160 right love you

01:22:39.500 to death

01:22:39.840 hopefully i

01:22:40.640 ruined star

01:22:41.160 trek for all

01:22:41.740 of you

01:22:42.040 i will never

01:22:44.860 look at it

01:22:45.740 the same again

01:22:46.500 but i'll still

01:22:48.580 love it

01:22:49.260 all right do

01:22:50.880 you want to

01:22:51.020 do one of

01:22:51.280 your pieces

01:22:51.620 or one of

01:22:52.520 mine

01:22:52.760 that's crazy

01:22:54.400 oh but

01:22:57.600 anyway so i

01:22:58.220 was watching

01:22:58.780 this youtube

01:22:59.860 video it's

01:23:00.380 this short

01:23:00.900 five minute

01:23:01.360 video of a

01:23:01.980 woman 0.99

01:23:02.280 who is

01:23:03.580 married and

01:23:04.440 in her

01:23:04.720 40s and

01:23:05.260 childless and

01:23:06.160 trying to

01:23:06.600 explain the

01:23:07.120 reality of

01:23:07.960 what it's

01:23:08.280 like to be

01:23:09.000 childless as

01:23:10.340 a woman in

01:23:10.860 your 40s and

01:23:12.060 she's talking

01:23:12.620 about how she

01:23:13.440 feels invisible

01:23:15.160 and how

01:23:17.000 vis-a-vis her

01:23:19.420 friends who are

01:23:20.320 parents it's

01:23:21.820 always you know

01:23:22.740 they take

01:23:23.300 precedent you

01:23:23.980 know she has

01:23:24.460 to work around

01:23:24.960 their schedules

01:23:25.780 because they

01:23:26.540 have to drop

01:23:27.140 their kids off

01:23:27.840 for a doctor's

01:23:28.520 appointment or

01:23:29.040 pick them up

01:23:29.540 i was saying

01:23:30.060 that they

01:23:30.540 do like is

01:23:31.480 she not is 0.57

01:23:32.200 she denying

01:23:32.780 that they have

01:23:33.580 more restrictions

01:23:34.120 on their time

01:23:34.680 than her

01:23:35.060 she's aware of

01:23:36.000 it but what's

01:23:36.460 what's crazier

01:23:37.580 to me and i

01:23:38.460 guess this is

01:23:38.900 something that's

01:23:39.380 pervasive around

01:23:40.140 many people who

01:23:40.960 have gripes and

01:23:42.120 personal gripes is

01:23:43.280 that

01:23:43.620 that's not that's

01:23:47.660 also the parents

01:23:49.240 themselves being

01:23:50.200 invisible that's

01:23:51.020 the parents

01:23:51.460 themselves having

01:23:52.280 to put their

01:23:52.880 needs after that

01:23:54.160 of their children

01:23:54.800 like this isn't

01:23:55.820 even like she

01:23:56.780 kind of she

01:23:57.340 gives off this

01:23:57.960 impression like

01:23:58.580 the parents are

01:23:59.860 getting all the

01:24:00.320 attention the

01:24:01.320 parents are the

01:24:02.000 ones who are

01:24:02.420 validated when

01:24:03.580 really it's the

01:24:04.160 parents putting

01:24:04.820 their children

01:24:05.380 first because

01:24:06.600 they have other

01:24:07.340 lives that they're

01:24:08.060 responsible she

01:24:08.880 wants the

01:24:09.400 attention and she

01:24:10.220 can't stand that

01:24:11.140 anyone has

01:24:11.820 attention other

01:24:12.340 than her is what 0.99

01:24:13.040 it sounds like

01:24:13.640 yeah i think a

01:24:14.140 lot of it it's

01:24:15.000 it's it's it's

01:24:15.540 like with the

01:24:16.940 kids it's it's

01:24:18.720 maybe she's

01:24:19.300 resentful of the

01:24:20.220 kids more than

01:24:22.020 the parents that

01:24:22.940 these kids get

01:24:23.960 attention

01:24:24.460 it's like your

01:24:25.360 father saying

01:24:26.200 like why should

01:24:27.020 i bother coming

01:24:27.700 over for

01:24:28.160 christmas it's

01:24:28.760 all about the

01:24:29.280 kids anyway

01:24:30.020 and it's like

01:24:31.340 it is all about

01:24:32.760 yes thank you

01:24:33.920 thank you for

01:24:35.040 understanding that

01:24:35.800 you it is not

01:24:36.920 about you old

01:24:37.940 person it is

01:24:38.920 it is not and

01:24:40.300 i think maybe

01:24:40.720 that's that's a

01:24:41.360 more universal

01:24:42.020 problem that

01:24:43.560 childless people

01:24:44.220 have no i think 0.90

01:24:45.260 it's childish

01:24:45.620 people of that

01:24:46.340 generation that

01:24:47.460 you know yeah

01:24:48.620 because i think

01:24:49.200 one and she

01:24:50.120 also highlights

01:24:50.840 like oh people

01:24:51.660 shame me for

01:24:53.360 the free time i

01:24:54.340 have that you

01:24:54.980 know i choose

01:24:56.080 to plan a

01:24:56.740 cruise because

01:24:57.540 i have free

01:24:58.200 time which

01:24:59.260 one like we

01:25:01.720 booked our

01:25:02.080 entire week-long

01:25:03.200 cruise in like

01:25:04.540 two hours and

01:25:05.360 then did absolutely

01:25:06.240 nothing else there's

01:25:07.180 no such thing as

01:25:08.080 people than her yeah 0.61

01:25:09.020 and there's no such

01:25:09.620 thing as planning a

01:25:10.580 cruise like we

01:25:11.800 literally bought with

01:25:12.960 points our cruise in

01:25:14.180 fewer than two hours

01:25:14.880 and that was after

01:25:15.380 like a lot of like

01:25:16.020 finagling to try to

01:25:16.860 figure out how to

01:25:17.380 fit six people in a

01:25:18.800 room you know these

01:25:19.500 these people very

01:25:20.840 much do nothing with

01:25:22.380 their lives and they

01:25:22.940 expand the simplest

01:25:23.700 of tasks

01:25:24.120 but she says no she's

01:25:25.620 being criticized for

01:25:26.560 that when any of our

01:25:27.720 single friends talk

01:25:29.000 about their single

01:25:29.880 friend activities i

01:25:31.900 respond with

01:25:32.900 enthusiasm and

01:25:34.400 praise because it

01:25:35.000 sounds like fun

01:25:35.700 stuff for the most

01:25:36.620 part like i don't i

01:25:37.860 don't get where

01:25:38.360 these not really i

01:25:39.380 mean personally you

01:25:40.660 you may do that in

01:25:41.380 public but you're

01:25:42.340 like what a waste of

01:25:43.400 life their life is

01:25:44.580 i don't know there

01:25:45.640 we have some friends

01:25:46.580 who do like glamorous

01:25:47.660 stuff that i love

01:25:50.020 living vicariously

01:25:51.180 through and i i think

01:25:52.900 that's great and it's

01:25:53.920 great for them but

01:25:54.860 you know like so i'm

01:25:56.880 not judging them and

01:25:57.560 i never felt judged

01:25:59.020 ever ever ever as

01:26:00.340 someone who is very

01:26:01.360 public and open about

01:26:02.540 never wanting to have

01:26:03.720 kids never i only felt

01:26:05.820 celebrated for that so

01:26:07.760 i don't know where

01:26:08.300 people are getting

01:26:08.920 this judgment but

01:26:11.140 anyway rant over we

01:26:12.460 can get started i just

01:26:13.640 had to sit because i

01:26:14.700 just watched it and

01:26:15.520 was like how is this

01:26:16.980 woman not aware of

01:26:18.800 the profundity of her

01:26:20.320 selfishness that like

01:26:21.560 other people are

01:26:23.280 putting other humans 0.96

01:26:25.100 ahead of themselves and

01:26:26.200 she's criticizing them

01:26:27.460 for it because they're

01:26:28.820 not putting her first

01:26:30.380 because they're not

01:26:31.640 adoring her all right

01:26:34.400 is that the coolest

01:26:38.220 thing do you really

01:26:41.300 like it toasty yeah

01:26:43.220 how do you turn the

01:26:45.040 green one off oh with

01:26:47.540 the magic key yeah you

01:26:49.900 you put the key in the

01:26:52.640 cable then the white

01:26:55.000 then then the green one

01:26:57.480 goes to the left

01:26:58.400 ta-da you did it good

01:27:02.540 job now when i do all

01:27:05.900 the lights back on

01:27:08.440 i'm almost done

01:27:12.820 good job oof it's a lot

01:27:18.000 of lights and a lot of

01:27:18.940 buttons and toggles and

01:27:20.360 switches

01:27:20.940 oh look at that all right

01:27:39.480 turn all of them off yeah

01:27:43.220 that looks pretty good and

01:27:48.900 what do you think titan are

01:27:51.680 you sleepy you're looking at

01:27:53.160 me like i'm crazy

01:27:54.280 you want some milk yeah i'll

01:28:01.940 bring you some milk yeah you

01:28:04.580 sleepy okay i'm gonna bring

01:28:07.020 you some milk you turned it

01:28:10.080 on oh all off and now

01:28:12.700 you're saving batteries

01:28:13.600 right buddy

01:28:14.140 okay i'm gonna get titan

01:28:18.580 some milk i love you guys

01:28:20.320 i love you too

Based Camp - June 30, 2025

Fiction Reveals What the Left Really Wants： Star Trek's Fascist Militarist Oligarchy

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