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Starfleet Is A Military Organization And 'Star Trek' Writers Go Wrong By Forgetting It
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Starfleet Is A Military Organization And 'Star Trek' Writers Go Wrong By Forgetting It

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Jan 22, 2023
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Like the reader, I have opinions. Some are controversial. My most controversial opinion — the one that has come closest to getting me murdered — was to label Starfleet as a “military organization.”

Uniforms, ranks, orders, weapons: I cited these obvious elements, once, at a party, only to have them waved away.

Worse, when the room gave me an opportunity t…

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