When it comes to science fiction, no franchises loom larger than Star Wars and Star Trek. While both offer visions of far-off galaxies, future societies, and the occasional knife fight, only one understands how government really works.
While Star Wars: Andor shows a government we can actually recognize—full of ambition, fear, incompetence, and petty power plays—Star Trek paints an unrealistic future where public servants are heroically selfless and competent.
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Gotta love this guy’s costuming.
OP believes human society can’t change and evolve.
OP maybe thinks there’s been no progress in human society, and we may as well be living in the 1400s.
OP is a pessimist.
Don’t fall for the trap of thinking that someone has to implicitly agree with something to discuss it. I will avoid making sweeping assumptions about you in return.
Read the other post I’m about to make because I was way too tired to finish it last night.
First, when I say “OP”, I generally mean the blog or video poster, not the person who posted to Lemmy. I know, it’s utterly incorrect, but I don’t have a better term. Publisher? Author? Blogger? Vlogger? Anyway, I don’t assume the poster made the content, or even necessarily agrees with the content (although, people rarely post things they think are BS), so I apologize. It’s a bad habit I’ll change when I find better terminology.
Second, as you quoted the vlogger(?), Star Trek paints an unrealistic picture" is an unambiguous statement about their opinion, and which I think warrants my evaluation. Calling a sci fi series about far future politics “unrealistic” is an admission that one doesn’t believe politics can change. More so, it exposes that one believed politics has never changed. It says, “what we have now its the only way it can be,” which I believe is a good indication of pessimism.
I hope that clarifies and defuses any implied or perceived slight.