My prospectus will be about power in the Star Trek universe. There are many episodes that deal with the concept of power. In the episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, one of the crew members gains extrasensory perception and takes over the ship. The main point of the episode was how power corrupts people. The crewman didn’t know how to properly use his powers. This abuse of power is seen commonly in unjust rulers and tyrants. There are plenty of examples of abuse of power in Star Trek: The Original Series, as well as, the real world.
Questions that arise when seeing this power abused is abundant. I would want to know how abuse of power is so prevalent, why people haven’t learned to stop this and why people change so much when they come into power.
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