This is a really good post. I find it really tiring when Trek fans act as if its weird that people today wouldn't relate to a utopian future where the government and military are objectively benevolent https://abigailnussbaum.tumblr.com/post/190456082585/opinions-about-tiaras-ncfan-1-welp-the-rise/amp#click=https://t.co/Gnopscx4TX …
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This conflict has been a long, long time coming And it was extremely naive to think that the Federation would just automatically become liberal and tolerant on the topic of "synths", *especially* as they become more advanced and more genuinely capable of replacing humans
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I wrote about all this when I rewatched TNG back in 2011. The show really struggled with the concept of AI and the personhood of creatures like Data, and how that clashed with the Federations supposed utopianism in a way the show couldn't address. http://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2011/04/lets-see-whats-out-there-part-iii.html …
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