If you were wondering if Star Trek: Picard was going to be any different than Star Trek: Discovery, the answer is no. Prepare yourselves for another sermon about liberalism.
Variety:
“In a way, the world of โNext Generationโ had been too perfect and too protected,โ he says. โIt was the Enterprise. It was a safe world of respect and communication and care and, sometimes, fun.โ In โPicard,โ the Federation โ a union of planets bonded by shared democratic values โ has taken an isolationist turn. The new show, Stewart says, โwas me responding to the world of Brexit and Trump and feeling, โWhy hasnโt the Federation changed? Why hasnโt Starfleet changed?โ Maybe theyโre not as reliable and trustworthy as we all thought.โ
Real-world parallels are not...