data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoGul Donal Wants a Statuestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: risa@startrek.website
arrow-up165arrow-down1imageGul Donal Wants a Statuestartrek.websitedata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: risa@startrek.website
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/19850319 If life’s going to be this crappy, at least cast Jeffrey Combs as Elon Musk, Mr. Universe.
minus-squareSingletona082@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoOh he is a monster through and through, unapologetically so. Hence the wonderful and unironic asking why there are no statues of him on Bajor. However he is a snake that went in himself because he considered it a job to be done. A job that had many perks yes, but a job rather than a reward.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoIsn’t that a characteristic of Cardassian culture? To take family and duty incredibly seriously?
minus-squareSingletona082@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoNominally, but there seems to be an encouragement of personal ambition couched in terms of ‘for the state.’ Plus those with ambition use this Statist philosophy for self-enrichment as often as not.
Oh he is a monster through and through, unapologetically so. Hence the wonderful and unironic asking why there are no statues of him on Bajor.
However he is a snake that went in himself because he considered it a job to be done. A job that had many perks yes, but a job rather than a reward.
Isn’t that a characteristic of Cardassian culture? To take family and duty incredibly seriously?
Nominally, but there seems to be an encouragement of personal ambition couched in terms of ‘for the state.’ Plus those with ambition use this Statist philosophy for self-enrichment as often as not.