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In Star Trek, the Prime Directive is the policy of non-interference in the affairs of other worlds.
Can the Prime Directive ever work in the real world if it is applied to every country around the world (since we do not yet that there is life on other planets) given the fact there have been interference in a country's domestic affairs. The example I am thinking of is that of political parties interfering in foreign elections such as Tory officials from the UK being sent to the US to help out Bush, Sr's reelection campaign in 1992. Another example is Lynton Crosby the former director of the Liberal Party in Australia helping out with the British Conservative Party campaign in last year's election.
Personally I don't see how campaigning in a foreign election is as different as someone campaigning in an election of another planet.
So if every country had a binding agreement not to interfere in another's affairs, a agreement that applies both to the government and its citizens, would it ever work?
Can the Prime Directive ever work in the real world if it is applied to every country around the world (since we do not yet that there is life on other planets) given the fact there have been interference in a country's domestic affairs. The example I am thinking of is that of political parties interfering in foreign elections such as Tory officials from the UK being sent to the US to help out Bush, Sr's reelection campaign in 1992. Another example is Lynton Crosby the former director of the Liberal Party in Australia helping out with the British Conservative Party campaign in last year's election.
Personally I don't see how campaigning in a foreign election is as different as someone campaigning in an election of another planet.
So if every country had a binding agreement not to interfere in another's affairs, a agreement that applies both to the government and its citizens, would it ever work?