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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always assumed it was a comparison between the West and the USSR. One could swap the populations and few would notice. It was a culture and leadership thing.

In Next Gen the USSR was gone, so they no longer needed that angle.

This is all assumption though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

A lot of people think that's what it was.

That said, TNG started in ~~1997~~ 1987 and the USSR collapsed in 1991.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you're saying TNG caused the collapse of the Soviet Union?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah but by '87 the writing was definitely on the wall for the USSR

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

1987, bit of a typo there my guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I fixed it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Klingons are modeled after Japanese feudal society.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Trust is super interesting!