• Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.websiteOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        25
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        Who’s to say we aren’t going through our own apocalypse? They had the Eugenics Wars. Whats to say we aren’t dealing with the CorpoWars. Corporations controlling vast swaths of the planet, destroying the environment, corrupting government officials, forcing people into squalor, using indentured servitude, and having a hand in genocide by actively oppressing minorities? Pretty fuckin apocalyptic to me. Especially as a disabled gay dude.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          11
          ·
          2 years ago

          I’m a cis hetero white dude and the existential dread is real, brother. I worry more and more about what kind of world I’m leaving for the next generations.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 years ago

          I’m a vida hetero white dude and the existential dread is real, brother. I worry more and more about what kind of world I’m leaving for the next generations.

      • FaceDeer@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        2 years ago

        It’s always important to keep the thought in mind, “what can I do to get the Eugenics War rolling?” Everyone can play their part, no matter how small.

      • mercano@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 years ago

        It’s those Romulan temporal agents, trying to prevent the Eugenics Wars and, perhaps, conditions that would lead to the formation of the Federation.

    • DearOldGrandma@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      Right, that civilization only made its greatest and most immense leaps during and after times of great duress.