Beyond space travel, aliens, and various layers of camp and nerdism lies the true essence of the Star Trek universe—idealized socialism. Andy, Colin, and Richard discuss the franchise that has, perhaps more than Marx, informed the contemporary West's vision of egalitarianism.
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Notes:
Star Trek, "The Enemy Within"
Paul Gottfried, "How the Left Won the Cold War"
The Occident Observer, "Star Trek and the Multiracial Future"
AlternativeRight, "Resistance is Futile: The Borg as Modernity"
Star Trek, "Return of Archons"
Star Trek, "Space Seed"
"The Needs of the Many..." (utilitarianism)
Leonard Nimoy on the Orthodox Jewish origins of Vulcan symbolism
Richard Spencer, "Star Trek and the Jews"
Raiders of the Lost Arc, final scene
Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Neutral Zone"
Communism in Star Trek
Star Trek, "This Side of Paradise"