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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9579429"><p>The point was never that society is perfect in the future in Star Trek, just that a better society is possible. It is a society that has solved a lot of societal ills, but problems still remain. Even if you just look at their medicine, which is way better than ours, they still occasionally have mishaps with things like people reacting to treatments. I think the essential feature here is it isn't cynical about it. I again would point to that Mark Twain episode where Twain is searching for the hidden flaws of their society and doesn't believe they have gotten rid of things like poverty.</p></blockquote><p></p>