I was a bit optimistic for a second at the end of the episode when Picard totally shits the bed at diplomacy and then Q shows up. Made it feel like the whole thing with the borg was a test by Q. Then the preview for the series happened and it turns out they're going to piss all over the Bell Riots from DS9. Instead of being explicitly about class struggle as the original episode comes closer and closer to being the most accurate star trek prediction ever it will totally liberalize(which I'm attacking from a left of liberal perspective here just to be clear) the conflict and the only time the show will do is endorse non violence and passive protest for the poor, not ever touching on the monopoly legitimized violence held by the ruling class, it will be in Healing the Divide in America and Coming Together and I'm sure there will be a Well Meaning Extremist who Goes to Far and kills a billionaire or whatever. Wealth disparity is higher than the guided age and the tent cities are real, I'm in no fucking mood for rich producers to sell me moderate rhetoric as my house is bought out from under me (which did just happen, renting a new place costs triple, I had to move back home at 30, I'd be homeless without that option) when it is clear that it is a class war and should be treated as such. DS9 already handled it and handled it well.