Came across this article, and it’s a very interesting take on how Star Trek has changed with the times, and how modern audiences seem to have a harder time trusting institutions or imagining Trek’s utopia.

  • The Picard ManeuverOP
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    24 months ago

    Yeah, there’s a singular implied “universal morality” throughout Star Trek of accepting diversity and learning to not impose on other civilizations or each other on the basis of one’s biological differences or culture, even for Klingons! I’d say the rest is hard to define and subjective, as @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website said above, but post-scarcity and free agency in life to follow your passions has to be pretty close!

    • Value SubtractedMA
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      34 months ago

      learning to not impose on other civilizations

      And even this is the central conflict of many TNG episodes - it’s a little more indirect, but the eternal question of “how do we navigate the Prime Directive” is essentially a conflict between the characters and Starfleet (it’s their rule, after all).