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minus-squaresnekerpimp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·3 years agoThey need to stop making dystopian sci-fi real. Why doesn’t any of them go for a startrek kind of future?
minus-squarejoeyv120@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 years agoBecause Star Trek future doesn’t have their favorite features: bigotry, inequality, and runaway capitalism.
minus-squarerunjun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoThat’s Starfleet. They want to be the Ferengi crossed with Cardassians.
They need to stop making dystopian sci-fi real. Why doesn’t any of them go for a startrek kind of future?
Because Star Trek future doesn’t have their favorite features: bigotry, inequality, and runaway capitalism.
That’s Starfleet. They want to be the Ferengi crossed with Cardassians.