[ SECRET POST #2776 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2776 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It is interesting that Trek canon has effectively been retconned to echo social values of the 2000s and 2010s, which are vastly different than those of the 1960s and 1970s. Trek literature (and I have *lot* of fiction from that era, mostly the Paramount-authorized books) stressed the ways in which Kirk and Spock, nevertheless with respect for the rules, still found ways to excel and even, on occasion, buck them.

But the lit and shows also tended to stress the ways the characters challenged themselves and those around them to excel and legitimately gain the reputation of being the best and brightest the Federation and Starfleet had to offer.

But the era of the 1960s and 1970s was a time when it was still a part of the North American (and especially USian) social consensus that doing those things would be rewarded fairly.

Now? It's far more likely that simply being the right golden person at the right time coupled with large amounts of sheer brashness and chutzpah will get you catapulted to the top, as witness the way American society still fetishizes the rule-breaking CEO who thumbs his nose at the government and shows off his wealth in the most obnoxious manner possible.

So the social consensus now is that challenging yourself to excel isn't enough anymore, and that's reflected in the new movies.

[(Anonymous)]

This comment sounds spot on and makes me sad at the same time.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 I weep for humanity

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IA.

[(Anonymous)]

This is some stunningly accurate social commentary on the way media has changed to reflect our current values. And it also makes me really sad.