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Sunday, May 10th, 2009 12:36 am
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241844798

Ilya is explaining (quite correctly) that the Start Trek Federation is a socialist state. Its political evolution has not been described well in the lore (political aspects have not been emphasized at all), but it may be interesting to look at sci fi genre from this point of view. Especially, as Ilya points out, that most of the people have their vision of the future formed by such movies and books more than by serious scientific literature.

He is asking if the latest movie explains how the Federation became socialist. I watched the movie yesterday and can say that there is no explanation because it is happening in an alternative reality. Although I have noticed that some people did not quite realize it, even though it is quite explicit from the start.

This, I think, is one of the reasons the Firefly/Serenity universe is more interesting: it is more realistic. I guess it was made so because it is closer to our time.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:47 am (UTC)
Joe McCarthy was right :)
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:50 am (UTC)
About what specifically?
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:53 am (UTC)
everything, but specifically about the destructive role of reds in the Hollywood
:)
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:18 am (UTC)
Uh, yes, there were plenty of reds in Hollywood (and beyond) and still are, but I am not sure how destructive their role is. Not very constructive, that is certain.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:26 am (UTC)
обществу для гомогенизации и подавления животной агрессии необходима некая элементарная идеология.
Я предпочитаю классическую американскую: Бог, мать, семья, дом, протестантская рабочая этика, яблочный пирог, коммьюнити, чёрч, маленькое правительство, билл оф райтс.
Комми и мы знаем, кто именно они в Америке, преследуют кажущуюся мне иррациональной цель - разрушить эту "веру" любыми способами, совращая сильных гедонизмом, а слабых - социализмом.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:46 am (UTC)
Но до какой-то степени они нужны, чтобы, так сказать, карась не зевал.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:49 am (UTC)
таких карасей ужэ много съедено - от Фараона через Валтазара до Российской Империи.
В промежутках щука страдает от холокостов.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 07:01 am (UTC)
Чёрт знает что у вас в голове.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 03:53 pm (UTC)
И что это за глупые игры: добавил во френды, убрал из френдов? Вроде не дурак, а ведёте себя, как ребёнок.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 03:56 pm (UTC)
Сёма, когда мне нужэн диагноз, я иду к доктору по моему выбору.
А мнения народных цэлителей мне не интересны, независимо от того к какому народу они себя относят
:)
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:04 pm (UTC)
Я никого не лечу.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:06 pm (UTC)
речь шла о диагнозах, а не о лечении, но и за них - спасибо, канешн :)
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:20 pm (UTC)
А вот диагноз налицо.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:48 am (UTC)
Moot point, sorry :)
The Federation is evidently "socialist" since before the divergence point (JTK's birth and the Kelvin accident), so the AU doesn't influence its orientation.

But of course, there is no explanation as such; the Trek Earth, more or less, gravitates towards the Strugatzky Noontide reality, which is especially (as Spock would have said) fascinating.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 04:52 am (UTC)
Not clear to me, and (as far as I can tell) not clear to Ilya, that it was socialist before the divergence point.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:25 am (UTC)
how the Federation became socialist

I think that democratic countries with low birth rate and high life expectancy are "obligately socialist".
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:56 am (UTC)
The electorate is skewed toward people of the past-productive age, need I say more?
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 07:01 am (UTC)
It's past-productive in biological terms only.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 07:03 am (UTC)
I meant the tax terms.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:34 pm (UTC)
Ага, спасибо. Там есть чего почитать.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 06:01 pm (UTC)
Да, Перри никогда не сластит пилюлю.Жаль, что он редко пишет теперь.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:52 pm (UTC)
Ой, зато комментарии в Newsweek такие, что я просто охуел: оказывается, при Буше фильмы были мрачные, а теперь зато светлые, и в них "Obama-age values of collaboration, service, and the recognition of the importance of respectful disageement, complementary perspectives" etc etc.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 05:59 pm (UTC)
Знакомо до боли, вся эта эрзац-соцреалистическая высокодуховная критика.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
hahahahahaha: respectful disageement
Да-да, особенно respectful disageement, в нашей-то реальности!

Просто знаки времени. Вехи эры.
(Anonymous)
Friday, May 15th, 2009 07:30 am (UTC)
Неcколько off-topic. Имеет ли смысл смотреть фильм тому кто не в теме и не смотрел всех этих сериалов?

Сергей
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 03:59 am (UTC)
Да, они постарались ввести новых зрителей в курс дела.