ST TNG was absolutely newage wokeism which Roddenberry had adopted over the years.

While TOS had its leftist points, especially in the later 2nd/3rd seasons as the show got co-opted. The stories were at least an open debate of the topics and not a preaching session that TNG loved to do. I mean cmon - oops, these prewarp people have seen us - gotta wipe their minds for their own good. Who thinks that’s a proper moral thing to do?!

Really though, media has always been controlled in the US. If not by the government outright then by “moral committees” that forced media to adhere to certain codes.

It’s just the utter hypocrisy though - the media and leftists REEED when Janet Jackson had her wardrobe “malfunction” on public tv and the Republicans, in power at the time, wanted the FCC to fine them. No no - that’s abhorrent to free speech! Now you have the leftists applauding the SC decision that it’s perfectly ok for government to coerce media companies to ban wrongthink.