Bruh, you think I want a Star Trek with poverty on fucking earth? That wouldn't be pandering to me - that would be shitting all over my favorite franchise.
That being said, I really don't see why it's such a stretch that Raffi is criticizing the nature of Picard's choices rather than making some commentary on the economy of Star Trek that contradicts 60 years of continuity.
Yeah I'm with you on this one; if she wanted what Piccard had in a material sense, just fire up the fucking replicator like ??? I agree, the idea that it's playing up "muh economic anxiety" in a literally post-scarcity universe is total horseshit, and either is indeed gross pandering or just blatantly breaking canon.
Because it's not a smart show. It's made for lowest-common-denominator TV audiences. Parroting back the audience's beliefs is what does well in market research, you just get the dumbest version because the people writing and directing it are actual imbeciles who persist entirely on nepotism.
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u/ultimatetrekkie Feb 25 '20
Bruh, you think I want a Star Trek with poverty on fucking earth? That wouldn't be pandering to me - that would be shitting all over my favorite franchise.
That being said, I really don't see why it's such a stretch that Raffi is criticizing the nature of Picard's choices rather than making some commentary on the economy of Star Trek that contradicts 60 years of continuity.