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Babylon 5: Pioneering, Philosophic Science Fiction
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Babylon 5: Pioneering, Philosophic Science Fiction

Exploring the Struggle for Freedom and Individual Morality in a Complex Universe

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Thomas Walker-Werth
Feb 21, 2023
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Author’s note: This article contains spoilers for selected episodes of Babylon 5.

No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. . . . Though it take a thousand years, we will be fr…

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