Comment by alganet

Star Trek kinda sucks.

It's an attempt at reforming quasi fascistic points of view. Strong hierarchies, heavy specialization of individuals, etc.

It is also kinda nice, in the sense that it explores this idea that you should put yourself in the shoes of the places they explore.

It also sucks, because their fans like to put themselves in the shoes of the quasi fascistic spaceship troops.

So, in the end, it is a dystopian nightmare. Told from the perspective of the ones who brought the dystopia to fruition. Which makes it optimistic, I guess! Except for all the planets not on their control having to put up with them.