And I’ll point out that even though DS9 and the more modern trek dealt (deals with?) darker themes and the very real problems of a hegemonic culture like the Federation, it also fully embraces the ideals laid down in the original ST. I’d argue that by highlighting the ideals against the reality, it showed that progress is not some simple thing you can take for granted, but rather it’s uneven and can slip backwards when people who claim to profess those ideals don’t live up to them.
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