I can think of at least three TOS episodes that exactly confront the threat of “benevolent hegemon” during into “evil empire”—including “Mirror, Mirror”, one of the most famous episodes of all. And if you’re going to make sweeping generalizations about entire franchises, you might want to consider ALL the incarnations…

The intent of the Ferengi (as explicitly stated on-screen in an early appearance) was to depict a society developed along the lines of the hyper-capitalistic early American “Yankee Traders.” As depicted later in DS9, Ferengi workers don’t resent being exploited, as they think they can work their way up the ladder and…

Okay, I’ll be honest. I don’t think you have any real idea what you’re talking about. I’m gonna leave it to the devout Trekkies to continue tearing down your nonsensical, ill-advised, and poorly-justified points. I’m merely a casual Trekkie.

No, Star Trek was filmed *during* the Vietnam War, not before. It was a long war and you see various allusions to it and the Cold War throughout the series. The early episode with the Organian Peace Treaty is a clear critique of American values. The Klingons in that episode (their first appearance, I believe) were…

Ah yes, because apparently the only Star Trek is TOS Star Trek. Never mind 646 episodes of Star Trek made after what you’re talking about.

Plus that single arc of DS9 you’re talking about was only spread over 5 seasons. Or arcs in Voyager and Enterprise that dealt with the same issues.

You have no idea what you’re…

Can we all just start pointing and laughing whenever anyone uses the term “white genocide?”

I think Sulu was specifically supposed to be sort of Pan-Asian; he was named after a Sea in the Phillipines. It was probably a bit more progressive an idea in 1966 than it might seem in 2017.

Big Government is a super broad term. Do you distinguish between things like... single payer healthcare and civil fire and police services... in contrast to Orwellian surveillance, imprisonment of journalists and forced castration? To all those just fall under the category of “Big Government” to you?

Pai is so transparent. He’s still doing the show that Oliver called him out on.

Finally, an intelligent comment on the matter that isn’t misusing the word prostitution.

But saying we are preying on lonely men and taking advantage of them would mean we are doing it intentionally and actively being malicious. Speaking for myself, this is not the case, and I would love to play with women too! I just really like helping people, I’ve always been considered the ‘mom friend’. There’s…

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Follow up (on-topic) question, did Albert just own tom.blersch or did tom.blersch just commit a self-own with his uninformed comment?

Not to mention that he has offices in THREE DIFFERENT CITIES IN HIS STATE. Well, what are those for, then, Congressman? Idiot. Yeah, you represent your district, but ALSO your state AND the entire country. Idiot.

You see that grin on his face right at the end there? That is the look of a reporter who got to afflict the powerful and it felt just as good as he’d hoped it would.

Sorry, but he was discussing a National Healthcare program, not funding for a new parking lot at the Des Moines Piggly-Wiggly. If he votes to fuck up my Healthcare, he’s answerable to me. I hate the game and the player.

Did you not understand your comment was bullshit even after all these people explained it to you?

Except that the same guys who are trying to destroy an already bad healthcare system worked very hard to ensure that money was deemed “speech” and to eviscerate campaign spending laws. It’s hard to argue that the absence of controls on donations isn’t a major driver of the increasing cost of campaigns.

but then the asshole bails on the interview when asked about money from outside his district.

“Asking Blum whether he would commit to similarly limiting his pool of political donors to the district he represents”