That show aired in the fucking Cold War, and is excellent proof of “you can make social commentary in science fiction that you can’t otherwise make”. If it admitted what it was depicting, and showed it in an Earth context, there’s no way it would have aired on TV and been a somewhat mainstream fandom. But because it never used the big scary commie words or explained any theory, and it was In Space with a lot of handwaving of resource problems and economic issues, it aired, and when it did face controversy, it was always in regard to some other issue of the time being commented upon in typical sci-fi manner.
That show aired in the fucking Cold War, and is excellent proof of “you can make social commentary in science fiction that you can’t otherwise make”. If it admitted what it was depicting, and showed it in an Earth context, there’s no way it would have aired on TV and been a somewhat mainstream fandom. But because it never used the big scary commie words or explained any theory, and it was In Space with a lot of handwaving of resource problems and economic issues, it aired, and when it did face controversy, it was always in regard to some other issue of the time being commented upon in typical sci-fi manner.