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The "prime directive" is completely nonsensical. (And in fact it doesn't seem to stop Star Fleet from messing with more primitive species, it simply causes them
by podperson 13y ago
The "prime directive" is completely nonsensical. (And in fact it doesn't seem to stop Star Fleet from messing with more primitive species, it simply causes them problems when they want to do something completely reasonable, like save them from an asteroid collision.)
Personally, I enjoy leeching off the progress of others. I'd hate to have to invent philosophy, physics, math, biology, etc. from scratch.
And of course, a huge amount of the technical platform we enjoy originated in China, including the gunpowder we used to steal our real estate from the Native Americans with.
- chrischen 13y agoIt's usually beneficial to the leecher, but the leeching comes at a price (to Americans).
- podperson 13y agoWow you're good at missing the point. We (Americans) are "leeching" off everyone else, and they're leeching off us. Who invented gunpowder, the crossbow, stirrups, the printing press, noodles? The Chinese. Who invented radio, quantum mechanics, the computer, programming languages, symbolic logic? Hint: not Americans. This leeching is pretty much how humans make progress.