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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 7956284" data-attributes="member: 6684958"><p>This has always been one of the big draws for Star Trek: It shows a better ideal life.</p><p></p><p>In the real boring modern world once a person gets to a high position of authority and power, they also get far, far, far removed from any actual work. At best they ''supervise", often from a distance. </p><p></p><p>BUT this was not always the case. Before, oh, say 1900 or so the people in charge DID go out and do the work. Ship captains did not just sit around on the ship...they when ashore even if it was very dangerious. General George Washington did NOT lead the army from some mansion where he just tolPresident Abraham Lhiskey Rebels IN Person. President Abraham Lincoln lead some troops into battle and was even targeted by snipers (the only sitting American president to come under enemy fire while in office). Richard the Lionheart lead his troops in person during the crusades. And so on.</p><p></p><p>Star Trek recaptures this lost bit of history: ''important" people are not the ones that sit behind and tell others what to do: they are the ones that lead others, in person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 7956284, member: 6684958"] This has always been one of the big draws for Star Trek: It shows a better ideal life. In the real boring modern world once a person gets to a high position of authority and power, they also get far, far, far removed from any actual work. At best they ''supervise", often from a distance. BUT this was not always the case. Before, oh, say 1900 or so the people in charge DID go out and do the work. Ship captains did not just sit around on the ship...they when ashore even if it was very dangerious. General George Washington did NOT lead the army from some mansion where he just tolPresident Abraham Lhiskey Rebels IN Person. President Abraham Lincoln lead some troops into battle and was even targeted by snipers (the only sitting American president to come under enemy fire while in office). Richard the Lionheart lead his troops in person during the crusades. And so on. Star Trek recaptures this lost bit of history: ''important" people are not the ones that sit behind and tell others what to do: they are the ones that lead others, in person. [/QUOTE]
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