Politics of Star Trek
I thought these articles by Andrew Price might interest the readers of my journal:
Conservatives often talk about what they don’t like about Hollywood. That’s okay, but it’s not productive. Maybe it’s time we talked about what we do like? More to the point, let’s point out when Hollywood has gotten it right. And that brings me to the original “Star Trek” series.
I’m not saying the creators of “Star Trek” were conservatives; they weren’t. But liberalism has shifting values, and for a brief period at the end of the 1960s, liberalism temporarily overlapped with the values of classical liberalism, which is the foundation of modern conservatism. “Star Trek” benefited from this. In fact, I think you’ll be surprised how deeply conservative these shows are.
The Nazi Episode:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/02/11/the-politics-of-star-trek-patterns-of-force
The Hamlet Episode:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/03/30/politics-star-trek-conscience-king
The Viet Nam War Episode:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/06/02/Politics-of-Star-Trek
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
