601
Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??
(programming.dev)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
601 points (94.9% liked)
Asklemmy
44149 readers
1452 users here now
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
- Open-ended question
- Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
- Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
- An actual topic of discussion
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
- Lemmyverse: community search
- sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
- !lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
Sure but there are other franchises far more popular amongst geeks, so why Star Trek specifically?
Watch Star Trek TNG and you'll instantly get it. The original series was getting a bit dated by the 90s, but TNG is still as fresh as you can get, talking about issues we're still dealing with - It's timeless. Not to mention it has, IMO, the best and most synergistic crew of the whole franchise.
Best damn show ever put to television.
Popular, geeky, and leftist. That last one likely resonates with a large part of the communist/socialist community we have here on Lemmy.
It certainly does for Lemmy dev Dessalines, seeing how they're responding on this thread too.
I didn't know Star Trek was related to leftist
A future without money, where peace, feminism and diversity rule? Yes, leftist ☺️
sounds like I should watch this
I started watching it recently because of Lemmy lol. Pretty good, though I haven't gotten to the apparently best parts yet.
Yeah try searching for "star trek socialism" on YT or wherever, you'd be surprised.
But apart from the series specifically there is at least some theorizing that space exploration is only possible after capitalism has been abolished since the energy and cooperation alone required to make it work on a meaningful scale is not possible under capitalism. We need the unleashing of productive forces that only communism can provide.
Aaaaaaand of course there are the Posadists. Google them for a good chuckle!
tbh, i'm not sure you're correct. most other franchises are either more devicive or do not have the same cross generational appeal.
Star wars is highly devicive
Stargate was widely loved but currently only exists for a single generation
BSG was great but didnt achieve the same culture permiation that star trek did