Except that’s exactly how they phrased it. Through replicator technology there is no more scarcity of resources, however how you’re measured is more on what you do and produce (reference First Contact). Nowhere did it say that people’s desire for power ever diminished or waned, just that the form of “currency” has changed. That’s also for one planet: earth. It doesn’t refer to the rest of the member planets or how they work together.
How many episodes dealt with the admiralties shady dealings or their power struggles of things,
or rogue captains actions. It’s always been there. Even in the TOS days. DS9 even more so.
“Man is meant to be free, but everywhere, he is in chains.”
vs
“Fish everywhere are meant to fly in the air, but everywhere they swim underwater.”
The idea that man can ethically evolve in the tragically short period offered by Star Trek is preposterous. Star Trek is the dream of progress manifested via technology, but we have the technology to feed the world right now, we have the technology to greatly expand medical care at a low cost, yet we don’t because we are designed to be slaves of unjust systems that dominate and abuse.
Except that’s exactly how they phrased it. Through replicator technology there is no more scarcity of resources, however how you’re measured is more on what you do and produce (reference First Contact). Nowhere did it say that people’s desire for power ever diminished or waned, just that the form of “currency” has changed. That’s also for one planet: earth. It doesn’t refer to the rest of the member planets or how they work together.
How many episodes dealt with the admiralties shady dealings or their power struggles of things, or rogue captains actions. It’s always been there. Even in the TOS days. DS9 even more so.
“Man is meant to be free, but everywhere, he is in chains.”
vs
“Fish everywhere are meant to fly in the air, but everywhere they swim underwater.”
The idea that man can ethically evolve in the tragically short period offered by Star Trek is preposterous. Star Trek is the dream of progress manifested via technology, but we have the technology to feed the world right now, we have the technology to greatly expand medical care at a low cost, yet we don’t because we are designed to be slaves of unjust systems that dominate and abuse.
Still love the show, though.