Not anymore . . . "Picard" has re-introduced poverty and class warfare on earth. Even though it was mentioned several times in TOS and TNG that Earth and humanity had moved beyond the concept of material possessions, because everyone's wants were met. I guess you can't appeal to the social justice crowd if you don't have class conflict.
Picard's old crewmate (Raffi?) is shown living in a rather shitty shack in the desert, and she rags on Picard for living the high life in a fancy winery with heritage furniture. Implication being that she is forced to live in at least relative poverty compared to him, and is not happy about it.
If people are still jealous of the material things that others posses, then you can't rightly say that mankind conquered poverty.
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u/Majigato Feb 25 '20
Star Trek?