Political spectrum of 1990s sci-fi space opera TV:
Star Trek TNG: Left-wing
Babylon 5: Centrist
DS9: Right-wing
TNG: Differences solved via empathy and understanding, nooney or capitalism, Prime Directive actually followed, anti-racist messaging
Babylon 5: Humanity rejects both social-darwinist Shadows and commie Vorlons in favor of middle path, political stability prized above all
Star Trek DS9: Differences with aliens zealots addressed through preemptive military action + war crimes, enemies are terrorists who understand only the language of force
TNG tweet should read "no money". Never write threads on your phone, folks.
Sorry but DS9 predicts the 2000s to an eerie degree, and Sisko is Bush...I love the show dearly but it's neocon to the core... 😉
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Wow. Trump's gains with Hispanics were legitimately impressive. This is something that Democrats can't dismiss or sweep under the rug. It's time to stop taking HIspanic/Latino voters for granted!!
Question for the feed: Do you agree with the principle? Should high-follower accounts avoid doing anything that brings negative attention to low-follower accounts? Or should they treat low-follower accounts as equals?
This is interesting to me because it's part of what I see as the unique and toxic social status dynamics of Twitter.
2/Here's an article where Blow explains his basic idea: Black people should move to Southern states in order to amass political power (and to feel more at home):
3/In fact, that has already been happening to a large extent. Black Americans have been moving to the South in fairly substantial numbers over the past couple of decades.