Jaytreeman

It’s just eugenics.
Hot take: the philosophy behind eugenics isn’t bad.
Real life take: it’s impossible to implement without increasing inequality

So yes, I think the federation was right to do that. One of the things they show is that all these cultures are different, but the individual is largely the same. Humans aren’t much different from Vulcans, Klingons or ferengi.

But that’s also why this is good sci-fi. Because it’s supposed to make us think about issues that aren’t black and white.

I think I’ve met Becky. Get a good marmalade for the morning. She’ll know what you mean when you spread it

Who thinks that she is an insult? Is being against social justice a good thing?

‘it appears that we’ve lost all sexual attraction’

India is in very serious trouble.
They don’t have enough freshwater.
Also, take a look at an elevation map of India. They’re going to lose a lot of cities to sea level rise.

@myeyesaredim

I had no idea. Thanks for sharing

Canada has a very serious oligarch problem.
New Brunswick is literally owned by one family. (There’s circumstantial evidence that they’re poisoning a portion of the population in New Brunswick)
Our largest national grocer is owned by one family. (They’ve raised prices causing inflation that’s hurting the entire country)
One of our largest telecom companies? Yep. One family. (Canada has some of the most expensive telecommunications in the world)
Our mining companies commit atrocities all over the world.
Our government fights tooth and nail to ensure there’s no real opposition. We’ve only ever had two parties elected and they do the same things, but talk differently. (If you’re American, that probably sounds familiar)

Canada’s competition laws are a joke. All Rogers/Shaw had to do was to prove that the merger would be profitable for themselves.

That’s it. For the merger to be approved, they had to prove it would be profitable.

Canada’s monopoly laws actively encourage monopolies.

The country is a joke

I thought for sure it was by accident, but… That’s an incredible shot

Anyone else experiencing that existential dread today?

‘i dream of a day when cops aren’t acab’

Geordie had an incredible counsellor on board the ship, my head canon is that after many many sessions, Deanna said enough is enough and got a restraining order.
Geordie was a brilliant engineer even by Starfleet standards, so he kept his job

Another aspect that you missed is that the government and systems of power are threatened by the left, so they actively sew discord inside the left.

Those systems and governments have an active interest in ensuring that the left is fractured.

I have a family member who did security on that film. He met Robin, and developed a very short friendship with him. (apparently they had coffee together on set a few times, which means that Robin would have had to go out of his way, as either he went on break with security or hung out while family was on duty)

I have a family member who did security on that film. He met Robin, and developed a very short friendship with him. (apparently they had coffee together on set a few times, which means that Robin would have had to go out of his way, as either he went on break with security or hung out while family was on duty)

100%, but that’s not what the article is about.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan

This is just fear mongering. Taiwan is safe because of years of good economic decisions. They have semiconductor factories. That’s why it’s valuable. You can’t get what makes Taiwan valuable by going to war with them.

Also, most countries don’t formally recognize Taiwan. How does Taiwan have airspace if you don’t recognize it?

A little internet disclaimer: I’m not pro China. I disagree with nation states as a concept, but let’s try and think about what’s actually happening here.

What’s an ‘ultranationalist’? Sounds worse than a ‘supernationalist’, but competitive with a ‘meganationalist’

Absolutely right, but the added subtext is so that rich people win against poor people.
It’s designed that way. It was on purpose.

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