This. Science fiction has always been political. Just because you didn't notice because it didn't challenge your world view or YOU individually doesn't not mean it wasn't a statement. It means you've been in an echo chamber bubble. You notice now because it burst that.

What people write in their bios is POLITICAL. If I say I am Trinidadian is that not political? If I say I'm an immigrant is that not political? If I say I like to garden does that not mean I have the space and time to care for plants which I acknowledge other people don't? There is no neutral

100% that. I mean RUR was about worker exploitation, and TOS was, for all its privilege, pretty woke for the time.100% that. I mean RUR was about worker exploitation, and TOS was, for all its privilege, pretty woke for the time.

Sounds like the man-babies crying about Star Trek going woke. Like, what show were YOU watching?!

Yes, because “The Roads Must Roll” wasn’t political, right? 🙄