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Classifying some Star Trek civilizations with ideologies

BohandiAnsoid

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I am wondering, if you were to classify Star Trek civilizations by ideologies, by dominant ideologies in a civilization.

Now, in fiction, I tend to use ideological classification of Galactic Civilizations IV. It is composed of 8 ideologies, in which most are not mutually exclusive but one is often dominant in a culture. Ideologies are: Individualism, Totalitarianism, Egalitarianism, Traditionalism, Progressivism, Pacifism, Nihilism and Collectivism. Now, you do not need to use them when responding, but know I use them.

Here are civilizations I would like to discuss in particular, but I welcome discussion about other civilizations too.

Vulcans (especially pre - Federation)

Trill

Ocampa

Federation humans

Enterprise era humans

Klingons

Romulans

Bajorans

Cardassians

This is strictly for classification purpose, not which ideology is better or worse!
 
I'm going to more general, not sticking to the Galactic Civilizations stuff, although there's probably overlap.

Vulcans (especially pre - Federation)

Temperance.

The Vulcans like to take things slow, they don't indulge. The preach for others to do the same.


Got me on that one.


Innocence.

That was is like, kind of on the nose really.

Federation humans

Egalitarianism.

Another gimme.

Enterprise era humans

Expansionism.

Not in a violent way, but the Enterprise era humans are almost desperate to expand out.


I'll go with a GalCiv one there, Traditionalism.

Klingons are traditionalists to a fault.


Isolationism.

They're the hermit kingdom of Trek.


Theocracy.

I couldn't think of an -ism word for it.
Cardassians

Fascism.

Another easy one.
 
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