Star Trek Politics

This reading shows the connections in Star Trek and Shakespeare. Personally, I have not seen the original Star Trek, so I will be more able to speak on the connections to the Cold War and the implications of  war on the human condition and the works that we have produced. One of the biggest points that was made was how the heroes become, in a sense, useless once there is no threat of war with the Klingons. This is then related to works such as Shakespeare that were produced in times and views of war and conflict. It raises the question: If there was no war or no conflict, would the world be less interesting? Would writers find less to write about, and artists less to create? I think that this is true to some extent. Conflict, in any regards, is one of the main creative sparks. If people didn't feel pain in such a way, things wouldn't be as powerful. However, it does not take in to account the positive creativity such as love stories, etc. However, I do feel like it is an insightful and thought provoking question.