• Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    4 months ago

    "Oh dear, my great great great great great grandson is a liberal."

    As much as I love Picard, you have to admit his liberalism is frustrating as hell sometimes.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      honestly he really isnt, he lives in the context of his times. he lives in a utopia, of course he wouldn't think that political power should be seized by force.

      also i feel like his lack of liberalism is highlighted in the first episode and 'A Measure of a Man' where he realizes he was being racist to Data, rectifies it immediately, and later defends him against institutional racism and effectively alters policy

      janeway is a fascist and a war criminal tho

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          4 months ago

          Peter, did you propose my public transportation overhaul like I asked?

          pete-eat LAY OFF ME DAD!!

          • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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            4 months ago

            Pete's dad looks over his extensive collection of USSR railway memorabilia

            Son, how's the railway industry under your leadership? Is it improving the conditions of the working class?

            Pete stares blankly at a picture of a bicycle wondering what parts could be removed to make it more efficient. Maybe if you took off the handelbars? He grumpily turns back to his father and says

            Look, you blow up one town

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          4 months ago

          I'd say use it for media attention and publicising marxist thought but let's be real if they get too much attention there'll be an attempt on their lives.