TOS: In the future, Americans and Russians will work side by side

TNG: where do we draw the line between respecting foreign cultures and respecting trans people? (BTW this is still relevant. Ask a Hispanic conservative their opinion on “latine”)

DS9: Gee it sure was fucked that we couldn’t have black people as Starfleet captains until now. Let’s show you exactly what the 50s were like for black people

VOY: Hey what if we hired a fraud as a native American consultant and made the captain a massive racist for drama?

ENT: It’s a prequel, so we have to make Starfleet less progressive somehow. I know, make the black and the Asian the lowest ranking officers on the ship and give them the worst writing

DIS: idk I didn’t watch it but apparently they think nonbinary people are new to Star Trek

PIC: Let’s make the worst and most right wing part of the Borg a central plot point I guess

SNW: Star Trek is finally getting a blind actor! And we’re gonna kill him off after one season!

LDS: Hey what if we tried being progressive again and made a black lesbian a well written main character without either of those things being plot relevant because it’s the future and these things aren’t marginalised anymore?

PRO: I like where your head’s at Lower Decks, but let’s also ask thorny questions about the value of cultural isolationism without giving a single right answer