Many people don’t digest their entertainment critically at all, and take it in on a very superficial level. New Trek doesn’t help this, being entirely superficial laserporn content without any substance - so any new fans are going to be extra like this.
Lots of people just grew up watching lasers and spaceships on TV as a kid and liked the aesthetics of it without ever interrogating any of the central themes or messages.
Even the idea of critically analyzing their treats is seen as a waste of time because it is not LE STEM. They’re ideologically lead around by the nose by propaganda they can’t even comprehend.
Many people don’t digest their entertainment critically at all, and take it in on a very superficial level. New Trek doesn’t help this, being entirely superficial laserporn content without any substance - so any new fans are going to be extra like this.
Lots of people just grew up watching lasers and spaceships on TV as a kid and liked the aesthetics of it without ever interrogating any of the central themes or messages.
Even the idea of critically analyzing their treats is seen as a waste of time because it is not LE STEM. They’re ideologically lead around by the nose by propaganda they can’t even comprehend.