Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x02 "Ad Astra Per Aspera" - eviltoast
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Commander Una Chin-Riley faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.


Written by Dana Horgan

Directed by Valerie Weiss

  • mightyjoe@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    What you’re saying is that you hate actually having to acknowledge that you consume stuff that causes pain and suffering and would rather just ignore it.

    • Pyrozo007@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Correct. How do you propose I live in the modern world without a phone that uses cobalt?

      There is a phrase that describes this situation: “There is no ethical consumption under capitalism”

      There is nothing I can do while living in the modern world without benefitting from exploitation or encouraging evil, that’s the point of the The Good Place quote I included.

      I’m already depressed about it, I don’t really want to be berated for it when there’s nothing I can do about it. I already buy all my clothes second hand, fight my phone and laptop for basic privacy rights, vote for the least evil politician I can, I don’t own a car.