To be fair … the 21st and 24th centuries are only a few hundred years of human evolution … compared to the 40,000 years prior where we spent most of our time fighting one another for power and money with clubs, swords, and our bare hands.
I wouldn’t expect us to behave any differently for a few thousand years before we could change significantly.
Just because we can fly spaceships and have advanced technology … doesn’t mean that our minds and behaviour evolved as fast in a few hundred years.
“And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing – a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant.”
Worked out for him, he got to avoid feeling guilty by becoming a wormhole alien.
After seeing that article about how Navy SEALS all have severe brain damage from being around constant explosions, I do find myself questioning the real value of these elite soldier and spy organizations. The defensive counter-espionage could be done with more scrutiny and transparency (which would arguably make it more effective). And maybe destabilizing and overthrowing foreign governments is uh… bad… actually.
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