I like this episode because of the message it echoes from our history and how much it represents the present state of affairs.
The Alien refugee recorded a video message were he explains:
"The final edict came down. The death warrant for everything we have built as a people. They are burning the books; they are burning the music, burning the art, tearing down the statues. Our leaders say that art is a waste of time, that art is decadent, subversive, and indecent. They say we must become more competitive and aggressive. That we cannot support the drain on our moral strength placed upon us by ideas that do not support the goals of the state. Stories and music that do not reinforce the will of the state Art.... They have erased it all from the planets databanks and burned all the copies in private hands."
The Alien refugee recorded a video message were he explains:
"The final edict came down. The death warrant for everything we have built as a people. They are burning the books; they are burning the music, burning the art, tearing down the statues. Our leaders say that art is a waste of time, that art is decadent, subversive, and indecent. They say we must become more competitive and aggressive. That we cannot support the drain on our moral strength placed upon us by ideas that do not support the goals of the state. Stories and music that do not reinforce the will of the state Art.... They have erased it all from the planets databanks and burned all the copies in private hands."
