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Societal Progress, Anti-Capitalism, and the Vision for a Culture of Emancipatory Human Rights

May 24, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

To paraphrase Walter Benjamin, violence in society exist to protect the law. The law exists to protect those in power. It falls within any society’s rights and responsibilities to protect themselves from a government of institutionalized violence. A change in power structures is not as far-fetched as many would have us to believe, limited by … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anti-Capitalism, The Orville Tagged: Anti-Capitalism, capitalist, Culture, currency, Decolonization, Emancipatory, Emmanuel Levinas, Human Rights, Kelly Grayson, Ken Booth, Responsibility, Sofia Monsalve Suárez, The Orville, Universalism, utopia, Violence, Walter Benjamin

What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham?

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham? On the surface the Borg Queen is composed of an archetype of a matriarch repeatedly referred to as the greatest evil Starfleet has encountered. Before Captain Janeway intentionally locates the Borg in Star Trek: Voyager’s “Scorpion,” (1997) she research previous Captain’s logs, JANEWAY: I’ve been looking through … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Borg, Borg Queen, Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Discovery, Janeway, Michael Burnham, Picard, Q, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek First Contact, Star Trek Voyager, Trauma, Unimatrix Zero, Violence, Voyager, Wolf 359

Violence, Art, and Star Trek: Picard (season 1)

April 19, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Do not tell us violence is part of life. You can reflect violence without seeking to replicate it. To indulge in violence only reflects that the artist does not understand violence and how it intersects life. There is no common interest in gratuitous violence for the course of the matter and to do so is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Art, Picard, Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Trauma, Violence

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