This all asumes that holding 'US' values is a good thing. The Ferengi portrayed as 'capitalists' that hold greed above all else is a good parody of the US as I see it today. The only thing in it's entire history that the US has done that has not been motivated by greed was the Apollo program, and that was motivated by chest banging bravado. When asked by people what was the good of Apollo, we hear answers like 'to beat the Russians', or 'it created such and such spin offs'. We never hear that the US went to the Moon simply because it was a great thing to do, justifying itself on the achievement alone. To believe that the US way of life is the be all and end all is what is most damaging to this planet at this moment in time. How about let's all start doing things simply because they are good.
With this rant in mind, I would like to point out that Enterprise, as well at ST:TNG, DS9 and Voyager would all serve as a better vision for the future than the situation proposed above. Do we really want conflict to determine our way of life in the future?
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