Well, considering much, if not most, of Star Trek takes place outside the Federation… no, not everyone is living in a post scarcity society. And slavery does exist. They just approach it from an analytical point of view, rather than an adventurous one.
I like that phrasing: Star Wars is more “dramatic”. Although it got fairly deep into politics too, which I think most people simply glazed over. The perils and vulnerability of democracies to authoritarian takeovers from within definitely sounds a tiny bit familiar these days, though would have fallen more on deaf ears ~50 years ago.
Definitely that’s what I meant, mainly bc whereas today shows are shared with an international audience I at least assumed that back then they were meant primarily for the local ones they were made for, then shared only as an afterthought.
Well, considering much, if not most, of Star Trek takes place outside the Federation… no, not everyone is living in a post scarcity society. And slavery does exist. They just approach it from an analytical point of view, rather than an adventurous one.
I like that phrasing: Star Wars is more “dramatic”. Although it got fairly deep into politics too, which I think most people simply glazed over. The perils and vulnerability of democracies to authoritarian takeovers from within definitely sounds a tiny bit familiar these days, though would have fallen more on deaf ears ~50 years ago.
I mean, it wouldn’t have fallen on deaf ears to those it kept happening to, just not in the US.
Definitely that’s what I meant, mainly bc whereas today shows are shared with an international audience I at least assumed that back then they were meant primarily for the local ones they were made for, then shared only as an afterthought.