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		tkahn6 on Feb 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Star Trek as a purely symbolic artifact of past ti... > "Primitive" cultures are deemed too inferior to be permitted to decide their own future, so it is decided for them by the Federation That seems like the exact opposite of the prime directive.

william42 on Feb 9, 2012 [–]

Yeah, the Prime Directive seems to be more "we don't want to completely fuck up a less developed culture by accident" than anything else.

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