Actor George Takei appeared on a TV show called “Star Trek” between 1966 and 1969. Now it’s 2017, and he’s using his 280 characters on Twitter to describe life under the United Federation of Planets.
If we recall our classic TV correctly, he and his fictional shipmates spent a whole lot of time blasting enemies with phasers and photon torpedoes, but there was more to it than that behind the scenes. On the plus side, there was no Democratic Party, but on the other hand …
Under the auspices of the United Federation of Planets, we not only have universal health care, we have free, universal education, housing, and food, as well as strict control of dangerous phasers. Political parties voluntarily disbanded long ago after all humans became educated.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 8, 2017
You should go live there. https://t.co/7lPiCEB2VA
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 9, 2017
Be our guest.
https://twitter.com/Moose_1_Actual/status/928432172477894656
Hang on a minute, though. We saw how “phaser control” worked, and you clowns had a giant government-controlled ship equipped with phasers that could annihilate alien species from orbit, so shut up. No one needs a phaser that powerful.
"strict control of dangerous phasers"https://t.co/WDibXFFZUd pic.twitter.com/OOXAVFYXpS
— Patrick Tschetter (@ptschett) November 9, 2017
You also chased people around with a swordhttps://t.co/deIpaK4TGO
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) November 9, 2017
Shirtless. And out of his mind. Good thing security had phasers. Who let this guy have a sword on a spaceship anyway?
The series is based on an authoritarian military culture literally colonizing the universe and allowing less developed cultures to suffer out of superior self-righteousness. https://t.co/GkVSwqvEEE
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 9, 2017
On Star Trek you only achieve anything by being the absolute best and risking everything.
The rest of humanity works for free doing the exact same jobs they do now for some reason. https://t.co/GkVSwqvEEE
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 9, 2017
Normalized on Star Trek:
Human sex trafficking
The enslavement of intelligent beings deemed less valuable
Superior culture dictatorships
Robust and creative methods of murdering enemies
24/7 government surveillance of all citizens
War culture glorified
Suppression of dissidents https://t.co/GkVSwqvEEE— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 9, 2017
You also refused to confront the threat of the Dominion until they had a major foothold in the Alpha Quadrant which resulted in a war that cost a trillion lives and countless genocides including that of Maquis colonists who asked for aid repeatedly for years. https://t.co/GNXFxDdsvT
— Jordan "DELETES JULY 6" Woodward (@JordanIsSatan) November 9, 2017
Also:
PSST: Star Trek wasn't real! https://t.co/NV14PIJ5yE
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) November 9, 2017
Fully automated luxury space communism. https://t.co/9SfHcDC0Te
— Dexter De La Paz, wendigo trainer (@DogmanRespecter) November 9, 2017
In which GeorgeTakei unwittingly recites the first paragraph of every dystopian novel ever written. https://t.co/V0cva6dfGD
— Winston Coolidge (@winstoncoolidge) November 9, 2017
Writing utopia as part of science fiction is easy.
The science to create the power for something like warp drive is hard. https://t.co/dfwUA4WXP3
— Jedi Ghost Wisconsin Irish James (@blackdoglurking) November 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/WIJackhole/status/928432428510859265
We saw those poor schlubs mining for dilithium crystals to run the warp drive, but they must not have minded doing the dirty work since they didn’t have to pay for food or housing or education.
https://twitter.com/Cyber_Saint01/status/928434389951926272
https://twitter.com/johnhuk/status/928434130274041856
https://twitter.com/cmahar3/status/928434734971068416
Yeah, but you also had the Borg.
No thanks, I'll stick with personal responsibility, and liberty. https://t.co/os6d39v1IZ
— Sexiest Jedi Alive (@LaBeardGuy) November 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/laurakpotter94/status/928437233392201728
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