Star Trek: 10 Species Who Need To Get With The Times 

Section 31 didn't manipulate the Romulans in joining the Federation Alliance against the Dominion, Captain Sisko did. Section 31 just maintained the Alliance.

Klingons definitely should be in the top 10. Killing your superior officer to advance in rank? Subjugation of other species? Yeah, they are soooooo advanced lol

Honestly, pretty much all Star Trek races have desperate need for growth in one way or another. But that's just it. We're being shown the journey that's needed in order to grow past these issues. It all starts with respect. A lack of respect often is what causes issues in the first place. Be it Kirk respecting the rights of the Klingons he beamed aboard the Enterprise, Riker respecting the way a Klingon ship operates, Worf respecting his Captains(even in situations where their behavior makes little sense to him), and so many more. Barkley is an example of people causing trouble by not respecting someone. Picard having Geordi try to reach out to him proved to be what everyone needed in order to try to resolve the issues at hand. Every character has room to grow, and that's ok. That's actually great. How boring would it be to never do anything wrong? The Q have the benefit of having seen and done everything, but they still aren't perfect.

Section 31 didn't manipulate the Romulans into joining the Dominion War Sisko did with the backing of Starfleet Intelligence.

Cannot believe ya left Klingons off this list. Ezri's assessment of The Empire was completely spot on, and Worf knew it. Hopefully The One Eyed Giant Supreme Chancellor changed things for the better, but we have no idea how so at this point.

"They would often dump it in uninhabited areas, poisoning the local population." How did they poison the local population of uninhabited areas?

The Vidiians apparently have super-advanced medical technology, yet lack the ability to clone organs.

I started a facebook page titled Star Trek Think Tank to have an open discussion of ideas on how to get ourselves to 24th century society now.

This list needs re-worked so badly. What about the Kaelon who kill their citizens once they reach age 60. The Malcorians which let their xenophobia prevent them from joining Interstellar species despite achieving the technology. The Pakleds as others have mentioned. Also, what about the planet in Voyagers "Workforce" episode that kidnaps the crews of ships and erases there memories and puts them to work.

I do wonder if Lokai and Bele ever got with the times and stopped fighting... :\ (TOS - "Let That Be Your Last Battleground", for those who don't know)

No Pakled? Or is that low hanging fruit?

I absolutely loved that you guys not only didn't left our very imperfect humanity out of the list, but also gave it first position. Humans were the first race that came to my mind when I first read the title.

Romulans, Vulcans, Ferengi, Humans... I notice Klingons aren't on the list.

Was always annoyed that Janeway didn't make a 2nd attempt at giving the Malon the recycling tech. Some Malon would have been more receptive to it. Or could have started a civil war.

The Klingons a warrior race. Between Romulans & Vulcans both pointy ears.

I always found the episode of TNG where the man had the "chorus" to speak his thoughts to be somehow very aristocratic, and there were numerous alien cultures who seemed to have a very hereditary class of rulers just "born to rule". The more I think of it the more examples there are.

I'm surprised klingons weren't mentioned.

What about the Cardasians, like Garak and Gul Ducat? Also, there are the Paklids.

Quite interested in "a further 10 species" vid like this, there's plenty of examples... 😅

Since when did Section 31 manipulate the Romulans into joining the Dominion War? That was Ben Sisko with an assist from Elim Garak.

there really is no reason that an alien planet would see its technology increase across all areas, at the same rate that Earth tech has. Also this list seems to suggest that making contact with wrap new capable races is more of a "lets see who is about to join the Neighborhood" thing and see what guidance they need to be more acceptable to the established powers.

8:09 or as the Borg designate them as species 329... That'll Learn Them!

10:33 _... and they would often dump it in unpopulated areas poisoning the local population._ In an unpopulated area there _by definition is no_ local population to poison. The only way it can be otherwise is if the Malon just _call_ places unpopulated if there live beings whom the Malon don't take seriously.

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Captain Braxton: My crew is always ahead of time, and behind it. It's a matter of relativity.

That jab at the Kazon had me in stitches.

How did you overlook the Klingon

Humans definitely deserve the Number One spot!🖖🏽

Great video, a lot of Voyager! *

How about the Gorn, the Nausicans and the Vendorians?

1:50 Ferengi society was getting much better. "Besides, on this list we've got bigger fish to fry. Number 9. The Antedians." I see what you did there.

It was made pretty clear that sisko and Garrek made sure the romulans joined the dominion war, NOT section 31. That's a BIG oversight, especially with all the praise that epsiode has gotten on this channel.

All this shows is that Star Trek has far too many "Planet of Hats" species. That is, species that are defined by a single characteristic or trait. It took until DS9 to break the Klingons out of that mold and the Vulcans, Romulans, Telarites, and many more never did.

I'm so glad that humans were number one on this list. Let's not gloss over our shortcomings. Even Quark mentioned that we had slavery, something they never considered, despite their extreme greed and over-capitalistic mentality. He also stated that if humans are deprived of their comforts, that we can become as ruthless as the most bloodthirsty Klingon.

This is one of those circle commentaries though... the whole "who are we to judge another culture and their beliefs" argument. It goes back to the belief that to not be infringed on, you gotta allow others to be infringed on for others to respect their beliefs... its a circle. A never ending circle. Just keep to your own kind and leave everyone alone. Problem solved. That applies to modern reality also...

The Hirogen from Picard seem very similar to the Kromsapiods from Lower Decks. Cheers....

Antedeans. There is NOTHING in the episode that states that it is psychological trauma. It easily could be physically traumatic for their species.

Given that almost every other society aside from the Federation has majorly problematic societal issues or positions, I'd say it's more fair to think of the Federation as an exception than a rule.

Why am I not surprised that TrekCulture put humans at the top 🙄

I thought for sure pakleds would be on here. "We look for things"

In ST they're often quite understanding of other cultures and make special concessions for them. But at other times, they're all about forcing change on others. It's odd but the ST brand of futurism would actually be considered backwards by today's standards. Those species don't need to get with the times. If it's working for them, then they should be respected. As long as it's not infringing on the rights of others.

The Cardassians!

To be fair, the only thing to make the Hirogen excited about hunting Picard is because of his formidable story.

I'm surprised the Klingons are not in the list.

This reminds me that Voyager featured a really great adversary (Hirogen) and one of the lamest in Star Trek history (Kazon). The first two seasons of Voyager lingered on the Kazon far too long.

Man Hunt is the go-to episode for me when people say, "There's no racism in Star Trek". Wesley is clearly racist and gets called out by Data. Also, the humans in Neutral Zone werent in freezers because they were traveling. They were dead and being preserved until a cure could be found.

The Hirogen regressed. They were once a very advanced technical civilization. They built the network of stations Voyager used to get the doctor back to the Alpha quadrant. Somewhere along the line their society shifted to being all about the hunt. (there was a DS9 episode with the Tosk that could very well be an analog.) We don't know what technologies they posses, so getting to federation space might not be much of a challenge for them. (eg. they could've used borg transwarp tech.)

The Kazon sounds familiar to a real life faction. Probably they're a stand in for any group that was used in a proxy war or was oppressed by colonialism and now turned violent.

What about the Pakleds, these creepy creature kidnaped Jordy just to make ship go

7:03 is there average lifespan is only 9 years!!

The Malon rejecting the recycling technology never made sense to me. If I had a technology nobody else had that would enable me to take the waste that other people were paying to cart away and turn it into something I could sell back, I'd be as rich as Elon Musk.

Humans really? Yeah i get it but there are so many other alien races the J'naii, the Edo, the Selay, Ligonians, Iotians, Elasians, heck the Orians, Klingons, Cardassians, the Breen! the list goes on and on. Vulcans, Humans, and Ocampans would've been the last one i would've put on this list. Maybe as honorable mentions

Every single species is on that list. That's the whole point of Star Trek.

Tricking the romolans was a nessasary evil

The Malcorians. Having their culture completely paranoid over the fact that they are the pinnacle of creation at the center of the universe just doesn't work.

The Pakleds? the Talarians? the Sheliak? the Cardassians?

You could have easily dropped the fish people in order to include the Cardissians.

The Ocampa are one of the worst races in Star Trek.

No mention of the Pakled?

We're number one!!!✊🤘🖖

what about the klingons?

humans left baseball,enuf said.

"Family Business", the DS9 episode where Quark's mother Ishka subverted gender norms was of the best episodes of the series. Andrea Martin was perfect in that role. It was pure comedy.

Pre warp or not what right does anyone have to judge

actly my persnal comntaery aobut number 10: but well they did eventaly for even more profit with very close ties to the fendraton of united planets but it took like a whole centery or two of it to happen.

Imagine being the only one on your whole planet that knows how to safely get rid of toxic waste. Bet he would clean up. In more ways than one.

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Well, yeah.

It's true humans and Ferengi have a long way to go but the possibly worst that needs to get with the program has to be the Cardassians. As a DS9 fan, we see their full range: misogynistic, overbearing, cunning wickedness, active refusal to acknowledge basically every mistake they make, arrogant to the core and more or less symbolizing Communism with the same brushstrokes given to the Romulans. Sure the only ones who can outdo them are the Dominions and probably the Romulans, even the Borg but in terms of bad guys who were brought up to be the 24th century equivalent to pompous Nazi commanders using the locals like playthings, look no further. From our love-to-hate relationship with Dukat down to the lowliest citizen wandering the streets of Cardassia Prime, if you want to help the rest of the quadrant burn a planet down to the core, this is the destination for you. Maybe scoop up a few kids for the bleeding hearts to care for, give those poor children something other than their kind's oppressive, backwards ideals to work with.

The Travers and The Q.

Interrupted by a commercial! AAARGH!

Klingons are fine. Yay!

The Bajorans need to get with the times. Seriously, how do you have interstellar flight before the Cardassians and Humans, yet by the 24th century, all you have are IMPULSE SHIPS?!

And about the Borg? *

Here's an idea: maybe your ideas are the ones that are wrong.

Can't anyone just "do" something, do they have to "go ahead" and do it?

The Pakleds. If it were possible.

In tolerance? Like like somebody literally attacking somebody else for not believing the same thing they do yeah that sounds very progressive to me.

The Tholians who are clearly somewhat xenophobic.

WE'RE NUMBER 1

"They would dump it in uninhibited areas poisoning the local population". Lol wut?

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Wow, judging an entire culture from one’s own ethnocentric views. How original of Trek Culture.

In the pale moonlight, The Sisko, with Elim Garak's help, got the Romulans involved with the Dominion War, NOT Section 31. No mention of the Klingons, Cardasians, Pakled, 8472, the Orions, the Hunters (Captive Pursuit), the Cheron (let that be your last battlefield), the Breen, the Nausicaans, the Minosians (The Arsenal of Freedom) and the wisps (the crossing) No real mention of The Borg This list It's a fake

KLINGONS???

Videans ?

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The Kazon would benefit from a decent hairdresser.

What about the genderless aliens on TNG? The ones that inceminate husks?

The Humans shouldn't be on here. They are the reason why their is peace in The Federation, and the reason why The Federation exists.

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If every species was hypermodern there wouldn't be any conflict, for one. Also Star Trek would be very boring. Consider the Halkans. If not for their hesitancy to respond we would never have the Mirror Universe. It just would not be entertaining if everyone thought the same way.

One must ask how many atrocities and mistakes have been made simply by telling the population to "get with the times."

The tall antedian is Mick.

CHEESE!

I thought Remans where an off shoot of Romulans

Mariner: "Lookout, Fish-People!" Antedians: "We're not People!"

How about we just leave it alone parmont trying to starwars the golden goose

You know... judging a culture by OUR standards isnt the best 😅😅

Cardasians