They are only against such tactics being used against themselves but they have no issue doing whatever it takes to others to get their way. It broke my heart when I realized that these shows only serve the purpose of manipulating you into being a subservient, gullible sheep. People are completely bad – there is just nothing genuinely good about us whatsoever. If you 100% knew for sure that you could get away with doing absolutely anything with 0 consequences, you’d do it. No matter who you are. I guess if we weren’t that way we would not have lasted all the millions of years we’ve supposedly been on this planet, so maybe that’s something to embrace. I can still enjoy old Star Trek by removing myself from reality, but it no longer inspires me for the future.