I was thinking something similar. Dialectical materialism is something that doesn’t really get taught, but totally could open up how kids see and understand the world.

Like why can’t we switch away from carbon-producing energy when green technology already exists? Because the people with real political power have interests opposed to that. Their interest is maximizing profits, and nothing is better for that than extracting resources. If everyone has their own solar panels, then the market can’t be monopolized by a few actors to control prices and maximize their profits.

Why is politics divisive? Because the planet-wrecking profit-seeking capitalists want to keep people divided instead of uniting against them. They easily buy influence in media and political parties to make sure the agenda is steered toward other fights.

So, anyway, an optimistic post-revolution episodic space adventure that works in the history of overcoming capitalism and other contradictions and saving humanity sounds really nice, and that’s basically what Star Trek is.

I’ve heard One Piece has similar vibes but I haven’t checked that out yet.