There’s been a flurry of blog articles recently over how the Federation of Planets is really an inept, but evil, band of quasi-military (but horribly undisciplined) goons, protecting an autocratic quasi-communistic homoginized state.<\/p>\n
For examples, see Perry de Havilland<\/a>, Natalie Solent<\/a>, Perry<\/a> again, and Moira Breen<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kind of weird stuff, but interesting (not unlike much libertarian commentary). But, then, I’ve never been a huge fan of the Star Trek franchise. 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