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Aside from the original Star Trek, where the Klingons were "space Russians" and the Romulans were "space Commie Chinese" and no one was in prison aside from a dozen or so incurable insane inmates, Star Trek: The Next Generation was set in a post-scarcity utopia where money, profit, and economics were outdated and everyone was freed to lead a utopian life which was assumed to involve being the best most talented human being you could be in order to add to the pan-species U.N.-based utopia that was the Federation.

They repeatedly stated, especially early on, how humanity had evolved to be above greed or selfishness.

Then came Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where it was revealed that humans weren't so evolved and that their utopia was only maintained by a secret shadow government that called itself "Section 31" that preserved the utopia of the Federation only because the took it upon themselves to preemptively slaughter and kill all threats using any and all tactics including outright genocide.

Hell, even if you aren't familiar with Trek lore, you can watch the DS9 episode "In the Pale Moon Light" and get the gist of things because it was so well written.