On the other hand, in the 80s the producers felt that it was best to remove all conflict, that we'd all be automaton agents of the massive state and thus no conflict in our "perfected" society would occur. This has two sins. First, it's a scary concept that people would all just be robots without differences. Second, it's TERRIBLE writing that results in boring speechifying. So yeah, TNG is a democrat dream of a lifeless, boring society where people are not allowed to take risks that aren't sanctioned by the state or even to hold opinions of their own. A bunch of mindless holodeck slaves under the rule of a few hand picked elites who know what's best for them. Yep, Democrat ideal society alright.
Captain James T. Kirk was the American naval officer or divisional commander who won World War 2.
Jean Luc Picard is a late 20th Century bureaucrat chairing a committee.