https://intl.startrek.com/news/star-trek-has-a-lot-to-say-about-fascism
"The season one episode of
Deep Space Nine, “Battle Lines,” finds the crew
stranded on a war-torn moon. While the others look for escape, Major Kira takes
a different approach. She grabs a phaser and starts trying to help their hosts
win their war. Despite how eager she seems, there is no enthusiasm in her
demeanor: no joy or bloodlust. She is just an angry, frightened woman trying to
stay alive longer than the people shooting at her. After a lifetime spent
fighting Cardassian rule, fear and anger are a part of her. Even after the
liberation of Bajor, that fear still drives her.
What Kira Nerys is scarred by is not just a life spent in refugee camps and
battlefields. It’s a life under fascism. The Cardassian Union is a
traditionalist, nationalist dictatorship with an almost cult-like reverence for
military prowess, imperialism, and machismo. Taking over planets like Bajor is
seen as their right as a superior race, and Bajorans and the rest are
sub-Cardassians, to be dealt with like a pest infestation. It is this mentality
that has molded Kira and all of Bajor. Kira joined the Resistance when she was
barely big enough to carry a phaser rifle. She fought tirelessly against an
enemy that outnumbered and outgunned her, that had the advantage of ships,
supply lines, and a space station. Somehow, despite the odds, she won. She
found herself in a free Bajor with no Cardassian rulers and a badge that said
she was in charge. But was she free?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
