Comment on Poll: What's the cross-over between fans of Trek and solarpunk?

mactan@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• data1701d@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I had no idea what Posadism was until you mentioned it. Looking at it, I think elements of it are coincidentally in there, but I don’t think that’s totally what it’s trying to convey.

  For one, Boseman, Montana definitely didn’t look that socialist, and yet Cochrane developed a warp drive; it was the new connections and widened view of the galaxy that facilitated the development of socialism. Sure, the Vulcans helped, but it was humans who had to change.

  Also, I feel like “aliens helping in revolution” is sort of antithetical to the concept of the Prime Directive.

  Overall, I think Star Trek is less about through ufologic socialism and more about peoples figuring out socialism for themselves; space and aliens are mostly just a plot device to explore.

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  • andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I would also say that in general, Star Trek seems to steer slightly around discussing the actions needed to proactively achieve their society. It’s an end point, and you can find some info here and there about how they got there, but it’s really treated as the result of a magical tech breakthrough that resolved class conflict with the wave of a hand.

    Anyway, solarpunk and Trek are definitely fellow travelers. But their tones aren’t identical.

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