“The naive thing I suppose is simply that we thought, in the words of Francis Fukuyama, that we had reached the end of history and we were entering a brave new world minus the Soviet Union where everything was going to be peaches and cream.” WorldEndsBraveUnionsNew WorldSovietCreamEnteringSoviet UnionNaivePeachesMinusBrave New World Author:Nicholas Meyer
“In fact, we've entered a world which is arguably much more dangerous than [being] eyeball to eyeball with the USSR.” WorldFactsDangerousEyeballsUssr Author:Nicholas Meyer
“Roddenberry had his own utopian vision about he perfectibility of man, and I never really believed that. And I don’t think the show demonstrates that. I think it is about gunboat diplomacy. In the final analysis, the Enterprise fires. They’re always shooting and bringing civilization, and coming to worlds where they don’t approve of tyrannical enterprises – no pun intended – and they substitute their own quote unquote enlightened version of how society is supposed to work, which is essentially American.” ThinkingMenWorldShowsVisionFireCivilizationFinalsVersionsShootingAnalysisEnterpriseEnlightenedSubstitutesDiplomacyUtopianPun Author:Nicholas Meyer
