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Well, that didn't take long (lemmy.world)

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s6e18 "Inquisition" and s6e19 "In the Pale Moonlight"

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

To be fair ... the 21st and 24th centuries are only a few hundred years of human evolution .... compared to the 40,000 years prior where we spent most of our time fighting one another for power and money with clubs, swords, and our bare hands.

I wouldn't expect us to behave any differently for a few thousand years before we could change significantly.

Just because we can fly spaceships and have advanced technology ... doesn't mean that our minds and behaviour evolved as fast in a few hundred years.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing – a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant."

Worked out for him, he got to avoid feeling guilty by becoming a wormhole alien.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Are we sure he’s not feeling guilty across the whole of time and space?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Probably not. He didn't appear to feel guilty by the next episode.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Paradise comes at a cost

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

It's easy being a saint in paradise.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

After seeing that article about how Navy SEALS all have severe brain damage from being around constant explosions, I do find myself questioning the real value of these elite soldier and spy organizations. The defensive counter-espionage could be done with more scrutiny and transparency (which would arguably make it more effective). And maybe destabilizing and overthrowing foreign governments is uh... bad... actually.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

You question the value? Really? Are you the doctor, because that's exactly what he said.

Seems like they can be rather effective, which is why every power, ever, throughout history, has had them.

Questioning the cost to the individuals, sure, but their value to a given power?

Now if you want to make a philosophical debate about them, sure, there's one to be had.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

You can spend years examining the value and costs of doing that kind of shit in times of war, and you won't get a clear general answer.

Doing it outside of a war, though, is just plain evil.

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