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Star Trek in the Trump Years
When the series began and in its run on syndicated TV in America through those forms in the 90s, its ideas were more or less aligned with American political orthodoxies. We can't necessarily say that about Star Trek in the Trump years, can we? The new series of Picard is very much about an elder statesman trying to correct things that happened that he was not able to prevent at the timeThat led to even one might say the death of comrades. Right. So, in the same way right now, there's a feeling of loss of faith in the Great Project,. That sense that mistakes, terrible mistakes have been made in the past which can never be put right.
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