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Peter Thiel Thinks ‘Star Trek’ Is ‘Communist’ While ‘Star Wars’ Is ‘Capitalist’
The Wrap ^ | 01/11/2017 | Thom Geier

Posted on 01/12/2017 6:21:01 AM PST by DFG

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1 posted on 01/12/2017 6:21:01 AM PST by DFG
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Star Trek is definitely Communist (or fascist). Star Wars universe seems mostly pathetic. Most of the planets seem to live like The Flintstones only with rocket ships and cool weapons.


2 posted on 01/12/2017 6:23:05 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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Star Wars seems more Islamic, bow down to the empire.


3 posted on 01/12/2017 6:24:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: DFG
Whic is Nerdier: Star Trek or Star Wars?

-PJ

4 posted on 01/12/2017 6:26:06 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: DFG

Peter Thiel is not only and investing genius but he’s also very brave.

in Silicon Valley there is a huge, huge and totally uncompromising pressure to be liberal, and if you’re conservative, shut the hell up..!

Peter Thiel is really Brave.


5 posted on 01/12/2017 6:27:27 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Dr. Sivana
24th Century Star Trek is Fascist. Original Star Trek is pure Americanism.(A western in space.)
6 posted on 01/12/2017 6:28:02 AM PST by cowboyusa
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To: DFG

Original Star trek was always set as the tension between collectivism vs the one. It was Kirk and other characters that broke the collectives rules in order to save the universe. Enterprise itself was always rouge. It highlights the failure of communism.


7 posted on 01/12/2017 6:29:59 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: DFG

Yep. I agree with him. However, Star Trek, TOS had strong conservative messages in it.


8 posted on 01/12/2017 6:30:00 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: DFG
So tedious and so false that Obama’s admin had no scandals/ethical problems.

The news media only looks as personal life scandals, and Obama did not seem to have that problem - except spending extravagantly on his own family's vacations, etc.

Political scandals were handled very adroitly by the MSM who covered up everything that was going on that was scandalous - the politicalization of government buros, for example. The infiltration of the WH by the Muslim Brotherhood. When Michele Bachman made it known publicly, she was ridiculed. Enough already of this Obama worship.

9 posted on 01/12/2017 6:30:23 AM PST by Gumdrop
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And that’s the other thing, the Bay Area is cowardly, conformist and gay and there is crushing pressure on all gay people to be liberal as hell.

it’s worse than the pressure on black people to be liberal.


10 posted on 01/12/2017 6:30:25 AM PST by gaijin
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The economics of Star Trek were never really discussed in the original series, but always appeared to be some kind of utopian socialist society.

Last year Manu Saadia (a fellow traveler of Paul Krugman) wrote a book about it.
11 posted on 01/12/2017 6:31:28 AM PST by indthkr
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“Star Wars” reminds me of “Casablanca” in the sense that there is this underground market filled with smugglers, thieves, bounty hunters, freedom fighters, etc., while being “controlled” by an empire.


12 posted on 01/12/2017 6:31:50 AM PST by kosciusko51
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I don’t know about communist/capitalist — and maybe Star Trek is remiss in not addressing any economic subjects in its scenarios of the future — but one thing I firmly believe:

Star Trek is science fiction, Star Wars is not.


13 posted on 01/12/2017 6:32:53 AM PST by samtheman (I voted for Trump without Russian help.)
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They have machines that can literally create gold and anything that you can possibly desire, so there’s no other way you can live except in a utopian “socialist” society. Then again, Kirk was living in a penthouse with fancy furniture, a nice collection of firearms, antiques, etc., so if they’re all socialists, how does Kirk “afford” all this stuff? It would have to be redistributed to him.


14 posted on 01/12/2017 6:35:42 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Ask Sheldon Cooper?


15 posted on 01/12/2017 6:35:46 AM PST by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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Star Trek is science fiction, Star Wars is not.

I'm not a Star Wars groupie looking for a fight, just curious. Why is Star Wars not science fiction?

16 posted on 01/12/2017 6:35:58 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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Maybe the original episodes of Star Wars were Capitalist, but not the Prequels. I winced in “Attack of the Clones” when that factory started churning out a huge Clone army based on a very vague promise from Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn.


17 posted on 01/12/2017 6:36:34 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: DFG

both wrong - they are only movies


18 posted on 01/12/2017 6:38:05 AM PST by WorkerbeeCitizen
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To: cowboyusa

> 24th Century Star Trek is Fascist. Original Star Trek is pure Americanism.(A western in space.)

Of course it was a space western. Gene Roddenberry wrote “Have Gun Will Travel” episodes before Star Trek.


19 posted on 01/12/2017 6:39:05 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: samtheman

Star Wars is more in the fantasy realm. It has spacey elements as opposed to a medieval type setting which is common for fantasy. My take however is SW is a hodgepodge of stuff but originally it was meant to be a homage to Flash Gordon and other serials from that era which captured the imagination of youth at the time.


20 posted on 01/12/2017 6:43:00 AM PST by xp38
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