The People’s Review V: The Star Trek Universe

The People’s Critic has viewed numerous examples from this series of TV shows and films and he has made a ruling. This series’ blatant naivety is only matched by its grievous abuse of the proletariat. This is a world where the bourgeois have dominated society so fully that the proletariat is largely replaced by machines, and where machines do not function they are completely severed from the spacious luxury of the capitalist state. I am of course speaking of the Federation.

Now you might be saying to yourself, how the capitalist can exist in a world without currency? This is what the capitalist want you to think! You see the Federation is depicted as a state completely consisting of bourgeois scientists and explorers. What are not shown are the billions of workers that slave away in the di-lithium mines to support the Utopia that has been constructed. It is on the backs of these downtrodden minions that the cushy lives of those depicted on the show rest.

The Federation is not the only offender on the series. The Ferangi reveal the ravages of capitalism run
amok. They routinely steal and kill in order to increase their profits. The immorality of their corporate
state is too obvious for me to espouse further. The Romulan Empire is run as a fascist state, based on nationalism and the thin veil of democracy. It is their oppression of lesser species that is their downfall in later movies and series, as is the fate of any fascist pig dogs.

The only true champion of the proletariat in the series is the Borg. In this egalitarian paradise is the
last beacon of hope in the cold universe depicted in Star Trek. In this glorious society, the proletariat
is equal in labor and thought. Like any successful proletariat regime, they seek to enlighten others to
their freedom. The Federation, being a beacon of bourgeois ethos, stubbornly resists the inevitable tide of freedom. In the “Voyager” series, they even capture a worker and transform her into a poster child from brainwashing oppression. This is one of the vainest and offensive acts in the entire series!

Ratings:

Capitalist Slant 7/10 as the film depicts capitalism in its many extremes while depicting a perfect worker's paradaise.

  Completeness 15/10 The series covers everything and then some.

People's Recommendation: Watch, but be sure to engage your children in hours of minutia about how Spock would love Bach and Uhura would love Mozart.