They didn’t elaborate, but it was made clear that her quality of life was diminished since her time with Jean-Luc, and I was like…the fuck happened, do replicators have coin slots now, what the fuck is going on?
NuTrek would take pages and pages of dissertation to break it down, but in simple terms this is part of a greater issue of Kurtzman and co. wanting to distance themselves from canon for whatever reason or conspiracy theory(licensing deals) the fact is Kurtzman does not want a feeling that his work is directly connected to the old canon.
The thing about "poverty" is that it isn't a novel issue, there were some examples of temporary/exceptional poverty in Trek e.g the Maquis plot in DS9 is basically them having to live a rough life and stealing replicators IIRC.
In the past this was dealt like an exception or a minor plot point that didn't challenge the core ideals of the show but rather expanded it.
But because of the whole continuity issue with Kurtzman I think the "writers" he brought were basicaly hacks and when you look for cheap sources of modern drama obviously poverty is a big and easy one to pull off.
That and hate and racism are also very relatable every day issues that make for easy and cheap drama, which is why you had the Fox News reporter interviewing Picard.
NuTrek would take pages and pages of dissertation to break it down, but in simple terms this is part of a greater issue of Kurtzman and co. wanting to distance themselves from canon for whatever reason or conspiracy theory(licensing deals) the fact is Kurtzman does not want a feeling that his work is directly connected to the old canon.
The thing about "poverty" is that it isn't a novel issue, there were some examples of temporary/exceptional poverty in Trek e.g the Maquis plot in DS9 is basically them having to live a rough life and stealing replicators IIRC.
In the past this was dealt like an exception or a minor plot point that didn't challenge the core ideals of the show but rather expanded it. But because of the whole continuity issue with Kurtzman I think the "writers" he brought were basicaly hacks and when you look for cheap sources of modern drama obviously poverty is a big and easy one to pull off.
That and hate and racism are also very relatable every day issues that make for easy and cheap drama, which is why you had the Fox News reporter interviewing Picard.