This is a very bad point to make.
It's a rebuttal to your point, that because the Federation was at war... 20? years ago in universe time they wouldn't accept new entries to the Federation.
When DS9 shows them virtually begging the dudes they were literally
just at war with to get their shit together then join up.
Same deal with Undiscovered Country. Same deal with Reunification pts 1 and 2.
Everything in Trek shows the Federation will bend over backwards to get people to join if they'll subscribe to federation ideology.
Doesn't matter what they did in the past. If the Borg would chill with the assimilation, they'd be welcomed in.
Trekkies are so jaded now that they are they completely unwilling to give new shows a chance despite everyone knowing that every single first (and second) season of Trek (sans TOS) is flawed af.
This is an argument to make before the shows been released, not afterwards when people are criticising the shows actual contents, not what they think it might be based on trailers.
And no, sorry, a made-to-order 10 episode run with zero network pressures for weekly ratings released exclusively on streaming services in the 21st century doesn't get the "oh, shows released in entirely different circumstances needed to find their feet" excuse.
Apart from the fact that seems like a tacit admission that... well, its just not a very good show, other shows on other streaming services under similar structures make their mark with their first season. They kind of have to. That's todays landscape.
The people in charge of nutrek have jad three swings at the plate now. How many more chances do they get?
How many more do-overs before conceding that they're just not making what a lot of people want to watch?
The amount of showrunner churn and mid season pivots doesn't suggest that the people in charge are confident in this creative direction.
Assurances from execs that things will get better doesn't suggest that
audiences are happy with this creative direction.
This is a very hilarious point to make especially during a European refugee crisis.
Is it though?
European countries are accepting sometimes up to 10% of their entire population overnight of people who have paid no taxes, and are in urgent need of clothing, food, accommodation, education, social work, medical care and employment.
That's a huge amount of people putting additional stress on an already stretched thin social security network, and its a 'right now' type of deal, there isn't lead up to prepare for it.
And yes, that kind of stress on existing infrastructure creates societal tension. How could it not?
And they still fucking accept them. Because it's the right thing to do.
Meanwhile, the federation, with fucking empty
planets that can be colonised, near instantaneous travel across the planet, all the food, clothing, habitats, medicine, health care and provisions an industrial replicator can churn out, and no need for money or employment can't fucking help them out?
Maybe they don't have enough starships to ferry them.
Oh, wait, except for the fucking
giant armada of starships that are doing fuck all else important that can show up at the end of Picard.
That's what a post-scarcity society
means. You choose not to help because you're a fucking dick. Because you have all the help anyone could possibly want at literally the touch of a button.
