Facebook didn’t know about this guy? Is that what you’re fucking insinuating?

And to compare what kinds of racist, misogynistic, and homophobic things FB regularly tolerates

It also had a multi-tasking OS and Virtual Machine capabilities, along with a great deal of fault tolerance. While it did have less raw computational power than a smartwatch, it was actually a more robust and capable system.

However, the UFP does know that in order to trade with other cultures, they do need to be able to give something so there are stores of latinum they use for such purposes,

tl;dr version- because even in a world without money, there are people who want Power and/or Fame. And StarFleet is a way to get both.

The machine still needs the raw materials to make into other things

Replicators can make anything except a living being.

StarFleet is explicitly a scientific and diplomatic organization, not a military one.

The ability to abstain from making a decision is just as important as the ability to make that decision

In order to run for office you must raise funds

I’m sure countries like the USA, China, Russia, and a few European and Asian ones will want to either a) claim the whole planet by saying they landed there first or b) claim x territory and power over those terroritoes that they’ve colonized.

why not move to a direct democratic model?

and Danny (same, since you can hear all the dumb ideas in her head in addition to the ones said out loud)

There should be some sort of auditing process for 1 star reviews.

...but I have NEVER felt compelled to get on the internet and whine about it.

Don’t cheat and you’ve got nothing to worry about.

The N64 back in the day had no real gimmicks

it’s not the gimmicks themselves that bother me, it’s the fact that they don’t even commit to their gimmicks

“we’re raising a generation of mental and emotional invalids”

You replied that they can only learn through experience which is bullshit.