I’ve always been a Star Trek Fan. Out of all the different incarnations DS9 was always my favorite. And the episode “In the pale moonlight” was my favorite episode of DS9. In the episode Sisko wrestles with his conscience that he has to compromise his integrity and self respect. That he will have to lie, cheat, bribe, and be an accessary to criminal activity for the possible greater good.
Avery Brooks gives an outstanding performance. It makes you think.
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StF9jrhw-pU
Now lets be honest with ourselves. To people still have a “moral code” anymore? When it comes to these people advancing a certain ideology the answer is an emphatic NO!!! Since 1789 left wing political movements under the banner of “progress” seem to have a penchant for creating “rivers of blood”.
The Bolshevik Revolution, another example of mass murder justified as the “progress of humanity”. In both cases there was no spiritual brake, no bourgeois morality. To this we can add the Chinese Revolution where Mao will murder 45 million people during the so called “Great Leap Forward”. And of course the Cuban and Cambodian revolutions, thousands, no millions die for the sake of an ideology that turns people into slaves of the almighty state.
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth” V. Lenin
Once upon a time a politician caught bald-faced lying to the American public was toast. That my be still true if you have an “R” by your name. But ever since William J. Clinton made lying “cool” , if your a Democrat you’ll in all probability never be called on it by the major media. Which has long discarded the mask and have willingly become the propaganda arm of the progressive Democrat party. They will to whatever is necessary to install the most corrupt politician in American history that if elected could change the nature of the America we know forever. The Constitution, ethics, and virtue, and truth be damn. For Power is everything if it’s for the greater good. And they will decide what is good.
The “Stormtroopers” appear to be already here. Did the local police have orders?
Who knows? Maybe by the 23rd century ethics and virtue will make a comeback.