On S4 E16, time 17:48, but I had to pause the episode to talk about this. Beware spoilers throughout.
Are you KIDDING ME? Part of a small lingering complaint I’ve had in my head is that they have been somewhat understandably shy about using many opaquely radical terms: communism, socialism, revolution, etc. But now we’re going ham into pro-union storytelling with no shame and no relent.
How can this show keep getting exponentially based-er? They can’t keep getting away with it!
DS9 is a really radical show if you ask me. O’Brian is the perfect blue collar stand in. The way the show talks about race, class, religion, faith, war, gender identity and gender expression and more is just top tier.
Just wait for the Ferengi female liberation movement arc.
For those who need a refresher
Bashir playing the part of the typical lib/soc dem with his “OnLy aS a LaSt rESorT.” Meanwhile O’Brians like “fuck em, strike and shut that shit down.”
Whenever we have a mock debate / forum on section 31, bashir is gonna get called out for his spineless pacifism. I mean I get it, he is a doctor… but so was che.
