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[–] 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah, I always interpreted it as jingoist propaganda. They poked fun at Chekhov a couple of times in TOS for similar Soviet propaganda like “it was a Russian inwention!”

Basically, a culture so sure of their own superiority that they assume any great cultural accomplishments must be their own.

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