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"the Prime Directive is not just a set of rules. It is a philosophy, and a very correct one." (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've always assumed the Prime Directive was Rodenberry's attempt to explain why we aren't being obviously contacted by more advanced aliens attempting to fix all our problems for us, and his awareness how we would likely react to such intervention at the height of the Cold War.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

The prime directive came about due to his concerns about western interventionalism. i.e leave other countries alone became dont interfere in the development of non warp capable species' development.