Plus we all know which parts of the government are absolutely not getting cut by 
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Been rewatching Red vs Blue. I love it but they really shoulda killed this show off after Season 2, maybe keep going to 5 but that's where it really, really, really needed to stop.
They made HOW many episodes!? THERE'S A MOVIE!!!???
Kurtzman is such a hack. The whole "oh you think your society is good well I'll have you know it's actually made possible by BAD PEOPLE doing BAD THINGS in the SHADOWS" is the kind of shit that a teenager would think is really smart. Coming up with ways for the Federation to uphold its principles in the face of challenges to them would actually be much smarter than defaulting to a vision of the CIA in space.
And it's totally fine to explore the idea that the Federation doesn't always live up to its ideals. That's the theme of a lot of episodes in every series. But New Trek has lost track of the fact that the Federation has ideals in the first place and its become pulp sci fi slop.
Try the drop flop... While driving about 40, reach out and lift top of the wiper from the windshield about 6 inches or so and let it flop back into place. Then, try a cleaning wipe again. I just did that this morning and it worked great.
Just reach your hand out your window at cruising speed and jiggle it, it'll be fine.
Umm actually sweaty have you considered that communism has killed 100 million people?? chekmate
Entrepreneurship, so it's pretty much what I was expecting so far
oh god she's talking about drop shipping like it's a brilliant and great idea
Oh boy, my professor's talking about entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Elon Musk, I wonder if she'll mention how much money they got from their parents
I forget who I first heard it from but the difference between communists and capitalists does kinda boil down to who we think the parasites are.
I've got like six greys in my beard. If I shave I go from Gen X to Zoomer swear to god.
Considering how many troops get dinged for trafficking drugs, I don't think this conflict will happen. Or if it does, it will be a kind of limited hangout, with the military helping one cartel destroy another for appearances and nothing fundamentally changing.
The only thing I ever seem to learn about foreign cultures (across space or time or both) is that the people in them were basically the same as the people everywhere else. All differences are directly attributable to material conditions.