I try not to drive many words deeply into politics. I have no tongue for it. What I appreciate and profess is peace and freedom, prosperity and happiness, that Jesus Christ Founding Fathers hippie stuff. People can either persuade others by talking alot, trying to use unconvincing speech convincingly, or they can live their life that way then trust others to pick up and with luck even emulate it, boon of our monkey heritage.
Mankind has enemies but in general these enemies are not more mankind. They range from great ones like flying space rocks and violent weather patterns to smaller but no less destructive ones like genetic malfunction and misapplied resources from our precious planet. These are challenging problems we can apply ourselves to find suitable solutions. But Trek also teaches mankind has real internal enemies, running like hot blood calling
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in tempo with antique instinctive impulses, a product of evolving with "the blood of a million savage years on our hands." But "the instinct can be fought," not only can but should, and myriad small advances go unnoticed for every egregious backslide our species makes. But "knowing that we won't kill today" is in principle possible and in practice preferable to the God-awful alternative
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During the primaries we were told the reason one candidate could not be elected was that his opponent, wife of a former president, was indomitable in her position as favorite. She'd already been vetted from many years of vicious interrogation 'twas said, and as such would be impregnable to accusations from the ruling party's candidate. What then to make of the upstart that did indeed depose her?
The simple mindset that enthuses the ruling party's candidate
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(as if we haven't had enough) offers nothing but more of the same. (Ok, except for an unripe call for a manned Mars mission.) I can't take more of the same. None of us can, nor can the creaking Earth. Besides, even if I was a fan of
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I would still find myself pointed by preeminent priority of my predilection for things Star Trek. For one candidate this year has already pronounced clear affection for the show, influencing his potential since it rooted in childhood. "I grew up on Star Trek. I believe in the final frontier." So do you, if you're still reading these words.