Like DS9. It was all "oh, look how dark we can be, here's a war with real consequences and people compromising their ideals". Then we lived through the last tw

Like DS9. It was all "oh, look how dark we can be, here's a war with real consequences and people compromising their ideals". Then we lived through the last twenty years, watching our own societies engage in actions that made DS9 look like Strawberry Shortcake Goes To Space. This opinion shamelessly stolen from a guest post on Charles Stross' blog, from Cat Valente, eight years ago.