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"'''The Socialist Iteration'''" is one of the "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television series Star Trek.
[[File:The_Socialist_Iteration.jpg|thumb|"The Socialist Iteration" title card.]]"'''The Socialist Iteration'''" is one of the "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television series Star Trek.
 
== Plot ==
 
Mister Spock, while conducting research on pre-spaceflight socialism, observes:
 
<blockquote>
The word "socialism", like the word "love", is understood completely by those who experience it — and completely misunderstood by those who do not.  It appears impossible to prove its existence, yet we have assertions from nearly every society that love between individuals scales up to love within a society for itself as a whole.
</blockquote>
 
The episode has been compared to "My Dinner with Andre", with Spock as Andre. 
 
TO_DO - cast Star Trek crew member as the other guy in "My Dinner"
 
== Episodes with similar themes ==
 
"[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|The Rosenbergs]]".
 
== History ==
 
The episode was first detected and decrypted by software developer and [[APTO]] consulting fabulist on the morning of Sunday, 10 January 2021, in a [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/348304746216996/?comment_id=348994366148034&reply_comment_id=349062809474523 comment on Facebook].
 
== In the News ==
 
<gallery>
File:Socialist Charms Breakfast Iconography.jpg|link=Socialist Charms Breakfast Iconography|'''[[Socialist Charms Breakfast Iconography]]'''.
 
File:Tribbles_for_Ichneumon.jpg|link=Tribbles for Ichneumon|"'''[[Tribbles for Ichneumon]]'''" is one of the [[Forbidden Episodes of Star Trek]]. The plot involves the Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe.  The Ichneumon requires human host or it will die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans.
 
File:TARDIS on the Edge of Forever.jpg|link=The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever|[[The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever]] is one of the so-called "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television program Star Trek.
 
File:Cite Baudrillard or Die.jpg|link=Cite Baudrillard or Die|'''''[[Cite Baudrillard or Die]]''''' is the debut album by American crossover thrash philosophy group Shatterproof Doom Rest, released in August of [REDACTED].
 
File:Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead - I Dial Up Star Trek.jpg|link=Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead: I Dial Up Star Trek (nonfiction)|The anagram "[[Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead: I Dial Up Star Trek (nonfiction)|Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead: I Dial Up Star Trek]]" may be related to one or more of the Forbidden Episodes.
 
File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for "'''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'''", one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Cite Baudrillard or Die]
* [[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]
* [[Death of a Stalactite]]
* [[Fell Swoop]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Green Treks and Ham]]
* [[High-energy literature]]
* [[Socialist Charms Breakfast Iconography]]
* [[The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever]]
* [[Tribbles for Ichneumon]]
 
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1397269895776178181 Post] @ Twitter (25 May 2021)
* [https://www.facebook.com/david.vavreck/posts/3848338388522778?comment_id=3848395738517043 Comment] @ Facebook
 
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Science fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Socialism (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Star Trek (nonfiction)]]
 
[[Category:Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]]

Latest revision as of 14:50, 17 September 2022

"The Socialist Iteration" title card.

"The Socialist Iteration" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

Plot

Mister Spock, while conducting research on pre-spaceflight socialism, observes:

The word "socialism", like the word "love", is understood completely by those who experience it — and completely misunderstood by those who do not. It appears impossible to prove its existence, yet we have assertions from nearly every society that love between individuals scales up to love within a society for itself as a whole.

The episode has been compared to "My Dinner with Andre", with Spock as Andre.

TO_DO - cast Star Trek crew member as the other guy in "My Dinner"

Episodes with similar themes

"The Rosenbergs".

History

The episode was first detected and decrypted by software developer and APTO consulting fabulist on the morning of Sunday, 10 January 2021, in a comment on Facebook.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links