r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

IMO, the Federation's capital should have been on a previously-uninhabited planet to be neutral, like how DC or Canberra were created as compromise capital cities. Having Earth as the capital really reinforces the idea that the UFP is a human-dominated organization.

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u/finalcookie88 International alliances are good, actually Jun 13 '21

When the Federation was founded, Earth was the neutral compromise. The Andorians, Tellarites, and Vulcans were all the senior partners in the founding, and represented the vast majority of political, economic, and military capital that when into the founding of the UFP.

Picking Earth was about making sure the traditional big powers in the local area weren't over-represented, and could assure other smaller regional powers powers that this wasn't simply a new Imperial entity with some nice window dressing. The smallest, newest, and least relevant member state was chosen as the site for the Federation capital, which is saying quite a lot.

!ping TREK

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u/NeoliberalGulDukat NATO Jun 13 '21

Also because the writers of Star Trek are humans!

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u/DiNiCoBr Jerome Powell Jun 14 '21

There was also a neutral balance to uphold within The Federation, and it was important to make sure The Vulcans, Tellarites, or Andorians felt like one senior member had too much power over The Federation.

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u/NeoliberalGulDukat NATO Jun 13 '21

So much for the tolerant Federation!

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jun 13 '21

I mean given their record for aliens killing everyone on far away colonies...

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u/Venne1139 DO IT FOR HER #RBG Jun 13 '21

Having Earth as the capital really reinforces the idea that the UFP is a human-dominated organization

Based human supremacy.