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 (DIR) Post #9ml9FotsB4SvtVrITA by quark@tenforward.social
       2019-09-09T20:49:44Z
       
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       US Democratic Party hopeful Cory Booker is a Trekkie. And he has *opinions* about my people:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/arts/television/cory-booker-star-trek.htmlQ: Is there a character in “Star Trek” that reminds you of Trump?Booker: [Pause] Wow. I mean, the first thing that popped in my mind, which I’d have to think about, just the Ferengi in general.Q: Quark? [The Ferengi bartender, mostly seen on the show “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” Ferengis are known for the relentless pursuit of profit over all else.]
       
 (DIR) Post #9ml9FpCf3DUipmeIkq by quark@tenforward.social
       2019-09-09T20:50:13Z
       
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       Booker: "I would definitely not say Quark because there was something about him — he showed some decency and kindness in many episodes.When you ask me about Trump, what comes more to mind, is just this idea that he is a throwback to a lot of the things that my father would say our species has got to evolve out of."#StarTrek
       
 (DIR) Post #9ml9FqTMKcRglrT9Q8 by nindokag@refactorcamp.org
       2019-09-09T21:38:08Z
       
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       @quark Trump is obviously Grand Nagus Zek:  not just unfathombably greedy but senile, incompetent, corrupt, misogynistic, entitled, desperately clinging to power, and trying to drag the Ferengi backwards into every bad habit they need to outgrow.it's kind of amazing that DS9 made such a perfect Trump parody two decades ahead of its time. I suspect time travel.