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Ah yes, famously apolitical Star Trek (cdn.discordapp.com)
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[–] emi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

‘Make It So’: ‘Star Trek’ and Its Debt to Revolutionary Socialism

Beginning in 1966, the plot of “Star Trek” closely followed Posadas’s propositions. After a nuclear third world war (which Posadas also believed would lead to socialist revolution), Vulcan aliens visit Earth, welcoming them into a galactic federation and delivering replicator technology that would abolish scarcity. Humans soon unify as a species, formally abolishing money and all hierarchies of race, gender and class.