The prime-directive is based on exactly the same principle as personal-sovereignty.
I don't want anyone coming into my home without my express consent.
I don't want anyone spying on me in my home. Whether I find out about it or not.
I certainly don't want anyone trying to tell me what to do in my own home.
In the exact same way,
We should respect the sovereignty of a foreign country.
We should respect the sovereignty of a foreign planet.
Whatever they do in their country or on their planet is their own business.
But when they venture out into the interstellar neighborhood (develop "warp" technology), that's when they should be contacted and introduced to their neighbors.
People love to try and scare everyone with the old, "appeal to atrocity". Genocide this, murder that, extinction, injustice, pineapple-pizza, etcetera.
OOoooOOOoohhh, so scary!!!
It's all just a smoke-screen they use to "justify" violating your personal privacy.
In startrekland they think it's "ok" to monitor civilizations as long as the civilization doesn't know about it?
I guess by the same reasoning it would be ok for you to put cameras in your neighbor's house as long as they never find out about them?
This makes no sense. (IFF) you don't want other people or other countries doing the same thing to you (forcing their values and cultural norms on others) (THEN) YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT TO ANYONE ELSE EITHER.
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+proHUMAN +proFAMILY
Your scathing critique is requested.